The Leeds United head coach is good friends with his counterparts from Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Marcelo Bielsa appears to have ruled out using his contacts at Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur to further strengthen his Leeds United side this summer.
Bielsa has up to and including August 31st to make temporary signings, although loan-to-buy deals are also allowed after the close of the regular transfer window.
The new Leeds head coach is good friends with Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino, his counterparts at City and Tottenham respectively.
And he has already utilised his relationship with the former to take Jack Harrison on loan from Manchester City, while also being linked with moves for City’s Brahim Diaz and Phil Foden, along with Tottenham’s Juan Foyth.
But speaking to Leeds Live at the Whites’ pre-Rotherham press conference on Thursday, the Argentine suggested he will not sign players simply because an alliance exists.
“No, I don’t think it would be a good thing to do, to use a personal relationship for a professional reason. You don’t have to manipulate the professional decisions.”
Asked about potential incomings at Leeds, Bielsa said there was no news to tell – adding: “As I said last time, there is a possibility that we could get maybe one player or two.”
And the 63-year-old refused to disclose which positions he is looking to strengthen, replying when asked: “I’d rather not give any detail on that, because we have many players in our group that can play in different positions.
“Depending on the possibilities we have, we’ll think about the position we’d like to strengthen.
“If I gave you an answer it wouldn’t be definite.”
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