Leeds United were fined £200,000 over ‘Spygate’ this week.
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson has taken a cheeky swipe at Leeds United’s Marcelo Bielsa.
BBC used a drone to film the Robins’ training ground as part of a segment on Football Focus.
And Johnson jokes that he thought the hovering device belonged to the Leeds boss, in reference to the infamous ‘Spygate’ scandal last month.
He told BBC’s Football Focus program, broadcast on February 23: “I’d like to claim that I was the first man to put a drone up and film training.
“In fact I saw you flying your own drone today and I thought it was Bielsa for a minute – I nearly shot it down!”
The Football League resolved the ‘Spygate’ debacle earlier this week by issuing the promotion-chasing Whites with a hefty £200,000 fine [The Guardian].
The EFL have since banned teams from viewing the opposing teams’ training sessions from here on in, after Bielsa sent a scout to take notes at Derby County’s facility on the eve of United hosting the Rams at Elland Road.
Bielsa’s side beat Bolton Wanderers this afternoon to move back into the automatic promotion places in the Championship.
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