Leeds United youngster Leif Davis has been utilised mainly in cup competition so far this season.
Bielsa has been the management who spotted Davis’s talents, and the youngster has now played a handful of first-team games for Leeds.
Davis has only started in the Carabao Cup so far this season, with his one appearance in the Championship being from the bench.
However, the 19-year-old put in a very impressive display in Leeds’ last outing against Stoke City.
Davis was a constant threat down the left-hand side, with some Leeds fans suggesting that he looked even more dangerous than Barry Douglas, as HITC reported.
And when asked whether Davis could break into his first-choice starting team, Bielsa offered the youngster a lot of encouragement.
“Of course he can [make the league squad],” Bielsa said.
“He was one of the players that had a positive performance in that game. He didn’t make the mistakes he made in previous games. He made corrections.”
Bielsa has already shown that he has a lot of faith in Leeds’ youngsters, but Davis may need a for more excellent showings before he breaks into Leeds’s team for good.
The Whites have begun the campaign impressively in the Championship, and Bielsa is not a manager who enjoys making wholesale changes.
Leeds are next in action at the weekend, when they take on Swansea City.
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