Jack Harrison details Marcelo Bielsa's one-to-one Thorp Arch meetings and talks Leeds United 'murderball'

Jack Harrison has lifted the lid on one-to-one meetings with Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa, whilst revealing details of the boss’ intense ‘murderball’ sessions.

The Argentine is known as a meticulous figure across the world game and since his arrival at Elland Road in the summer of 2018 has proved why.

Leeds’ first team and development squad are continually put through their paces both mentally and physically in the build-up and aftermath of competitive fixtures at Thorp Arch.

United winger and Manchester City loanee Harrison has now spoken about the length in which Bielsa goes to help improve his players behind closed doors.

“You sit down with him and you have a laser and there is this big projector,” he told The Telegraph last week.

“You have to follow yourself with the laser so he knows you are focused.

“Before each game you have this individual meeting with him and he goes through your clips. I just love doing stuff like that.

“He shows you what you do well, what you can improve on, things you should avoid or look out for. You can imagine the amount of work it takes.”

Asked about Bielsa’s infamous ‘murderball’ sessions, he said: “It’s three days before the game and it’s the most intense training session we will do.

“If you are defending, you have to do it to your maximum ability. If you are attacking, it’s the same. It doesn’t stop.

“You play and continue playing and it’s on a full-sized pitch back and forth.

“The stats are amazing as well, as we get close to the same number of high- intensity sprints we do in a game - and that’s within 20 or 30 minutes of football.

“It changes every week. We do three minutes or five minutes or six minutes for 20 to 30 minutes. After each segment we have a two-minute break and he [Bielsa] will talk to us about things we have to improve on in the next segment.

“It’s called ‘murderball’ because everything is of the high intensity.”