Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa was photographed with the Las Palmas’ photographer on Sunday.
Leeds United certainly hired a bit of a maverick in Marcelo Bielsa this summer.
The Argentine manager is known to be somewhat aloof and Ezgjan Alioski revealed recently that Bielsa – not yet fluent in English – does not speak with any of his Leeds players.
Not only that, but the 63-year-old arrived at Elland Road with the nickname El Loco – the Crazy One.
With all of that in mind, you could forgive someone for being apprehensive over approaching the veteran coach, but Bielsa shared a warm embrace with a man who apparently idolises him.
Leeds hosted and beat Spanish outfit Las Palmas in West Yorkshire on Sunday afternoon, and the club’s photographer used the opportunity to meet his “hero”.
The Bielsa-mad photographer, whose name is Claudio D’Agostino Perez, has an arm tattoo of his idol – above another of Lionel Messi – and one which reads ‘Newell’s Old Boys’, where the Leeds coach spent 10 years as a player and another two as manager.
Fans of the Elland Road club might also be getting him immortalised on their body in the form of tattoos come next May if he winds up winning Premier League promotion this season.
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