Huddersfield Town boss Carlos Corberan hails 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience with Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa

Carlos Corberan says working with Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa was a 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity', calling it a 'marvellous experience'.

The 37-year-old coach left Elland Road in July to take up the vacant managerial role at West Yorkshire neighbours Huddersfield Town.

Corberan's switch brought a three-year association with the Whites to a close, having joined as Under-23s boss in 2017.

The Spaniard moved into a dual role upon Bielsa's arrival and became a key member of the Argentinian's backroom staff in LS11.

His management of the transition between the first team and development squad was lauded by the head coach as he guided the Under-23s to a Professional Development League title.

Corberan, though, made no secret of his own managerial aspirations and opted to make the move to the Terriers following the Whites promotion in the summer.

"Working with Marcelo was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Corberan wrote in The Coaches Voice.

"When people ask me what it’s like to work with him, there is always something I emphasise – with Marcelo, you can only learn. He questions and analyses everything to a microscopic degree, and that enhances your development.

"It was a marvellous experience. On a sporting level, we finally managed to win promotion back to the Premier League. On a personal level, those were two years of amazing growth for me.

"The fans had suffered for many years, but they never abandoned their club. Being part of a project where you pay the fans back for all the suffering they have endured is something that is just extraordinary.

"We had made it back into the Premier League. I was working alongside a coach like Marcelo. For a club with fans like Leeds."

Asked about why he opted to make the move across West Yorkshire, he said: "I always wanted to be a coach.

"You also understand that, if you want to keep growing, every stage has to come to an end at some point.

"After promotion, I felt there couldn’t be a better ending. Promotion was the best way to give thanks for all the support and trust that Marcelo, Andrea, Iván and Víctor, alongside his working group, had given me.

"I had been given a great opportunity and I wanted to pay them back in the best possible way. In football, it is fundamental to give the best of yourself to people who believe in you.

"There is nothing more important than the club you are at, otherwise you are at risk of valuing what you have only when you lose it.

"So you have to try to make the decision to leave on your own terms, and not ever have that decision taken by the people who hired you to be there."