Steve Morison makes admission about Leeds’ Marcelo Bielsa

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Marcelo Bielsa has been a huge hit at Leeds United, but Steve Morison admits he isn’t as impressed as many others.

Millwall hitman Steve Morison has played down the impact of Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa, commenting that he isn’t blown away by his methods.

Bielsa has been a massive hit at Leeds since taking the reins last summer, with the Whites third in the Championship and well in the hunt for Premier League promotion.

But the Argentine has also made headlines for the wrong reasons and United were fined £200,000 by the English Football League in February over the infamous ‘Spygate’.

Bielsa sent a staff member to observe a Derby County training session on the eve of hosting Frank Lampard’s side at Elland Road.

The 63-year-old called a surprise press conference the following week and used a lengthy powerpoint presentation to demonstrate that he doesn’t need to resort to spying, insisting that he already knows everything about his opponents every week.

Bielsa was praised for the meticulous research that he and his staff do in the build-up to a game, but former Leeds striker Morison, who visits his former club this weekend, isn’t buying it and insists that level of homework is merely common practice.

“I don’t think it’s right,” he told News at Den about Spygate. “He tried to smokescreen it a little bit by saying he does more analysis than anyone else. It’s common knowledge everyone does exactly the same stuff. If he had that much info then why did they need to then go and spy as well?

“He hasn’t got any more information than anyone else does. He doesn’t put any more hours in than every other football club does, everyone does the same thing. Everyone in football knows that.

“The media and the fans were like, ‘wow’ about [the presentation] but as Frank Lampard said that is just common practice from every single football club in the league.

“All that stuff about him watching more games and knowing more stuff about all the players is a load of nonsense. If he did he wouldn’t need to send someone to the ground to watch someone training.”