{"id":544019,"date":"2025-11-02T10:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544019\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T10:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:58:15","slug":"rodrigo-shares-what-it-was-like-to-train-under-leeds-united-icon-marcelo-bielsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544019\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo shares what it was like to train under Leeds United icon Marcelo Bielsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former Leeds United striker Rodrigo Moreno has opened up on what it is like to play under his former Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/rodrigo-moreno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodrigo Moreno<\/a> joined Leeds following their promotion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> ahead of the 2020\/21 season and became a firm favourite with the fans. <\/p>\n<p>Although Rodrigo\u2019s time at Leeds ended with the disappointing relegation in the 2022\/23 season, he was one of the shining lights at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/elland-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a> that year, as he scored 13 goals in his best season for the club. <\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo was brought to the club by legendary former Leeds boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/marcelo-bielsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcelo Bielsa<\/a> and was part of the Leeds side that stormed to a ninth-place finish in their first season back in the top flight. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Rodrigo has sent a heartfelt message to his former Leeds boss, as he reflected on what it was like to play under the Argentinian genius. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1474427951-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rodrigo Moreno celebrates his goal during Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-112027\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesRodrigo Moreno reflects on Marcelo Bielsa relationship<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/news\/football-qsl-exclusive-rodrigo-on-leeds-spell-valencia-struggles-and-life-in-qatar\/Mk7EtjIc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Flashscore<\/a>, Rodrigo opened up on what it was like to work under Bielsa during his time at Leeds. <\/p>\n<p>According to Rodrigo, although he found the initial transitional period a challenge, he regards his time working with Bielsa as a special time in his career. <\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo said: \u201cIt was a very good experience. I learned a lot from him, in many different ways. He is a legend in Leeds, people there love him, and deservedly so. After more than 20 years, he brought them back to the Premier League. It was special playing for him, I always wish him all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI think for every player who arrives in the Premier League, their first season is very difficult. It\u2019s very physical and demanding, and the pace of the game is completely different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Premier League sometimes looks and feels like a different sport, you know? It was a very challenging moment in my career. Especially for the first season and a half with Bielsa, a very good but very demanding coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-483454204-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Marcelo Bielsa watches from the Marseille dugout.\" class=\"wp-image-115513\" \/>Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty ImagesLeeds United need a goalscorer of Rodrigo\u2019s calibre in their relegation fight<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo scored 27 goals in 105 appearances in the Premier League, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/rodrigo\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/131505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TransferMarkt<\/a>; however, his output improved when he was selected as a central striker under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/jesse-marsch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Marsch<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>During Leeds\u2019 last spell in the Premier League, a member of their squad scored more than 10 goals in each season, highlighting the importance of having a reliable goalscorer. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds\u2019 top scorer in their last three Premier League seasons: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>2020\/21 \u2013 Patrick Bamford \u2013 17 goals<\/li>\n<li>2021\/22 \u2013 Raphinha \u2013 11 goals<\/li>\n<li>2022\/23 \u2013 Rodrigo Moreno \u2013 13 goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the 2020\/21 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/patrick-bamford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Bamford<\/a> fired his way into England contention with 17 goals, followed by 11 goals from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/raphinha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raphinha<\/a> in 21\/22, as he earned a move to Barcelona. <\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/tag\/joe-rodon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Rodon<\/a> sitting joint-top of Leeds\u2019 goal-scoring charts this season with two, it is not clear where the goals Daniel Farke needs to fire his side to safety are coming from, following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.news\/news\/georginio-rutter-posts-picture-with-daniel-farke-on-instagram-as-leeds-united-lose-to-brighton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disheartening defeat against Brighton<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Leeds United striker Rodrigo Moreno has opened up on what it is like to play under his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,23345,174987,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-544019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-marcelo-bielsa","13":"tag-rodrigo-moreno","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}