{"id":581297,"date":"2025-11-19T22:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581297\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:29:16","slug":"leeds-united-now-keen-on-signing-attacker-marcelo-bielsa-called-great-back-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581297\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United now keen on signing attacker Marcelo Bielsa called ‘great’ back in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marcelo Bielsa knew his stuff when it came to attacking football at Leeds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Argentine oversaw 274 goals from his side across 170 games in charge of Leeds<\/a>, memorably helping Patrick Bamford net 17 Premier League goals in the 2020\/21 campaign \u2013 a sign of his excellent coaching skills.<\/p>\nMatchesWinsDrawsLossesGoals (For:Against)PointsPoints Per Game<\/tr>\n\n170<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n274:238<\/td>\n273<\/td>\n1.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Therefore, it should excite Leeds fans to hear that Marcelo Bielsa<\/a> has already given his seal of approval to Raheem Sterling \u2013 a target for the 49ers<\/a> ahead of the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n

What Marcelo Bielsa has said about Raheem Sterling as Leeds United plot move<\/p>\n

It was Sportsboom who claimed that Leeds want to sign Sterling<\/a> in January as Enzo Maresca continues to exile the England international at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Which position do Leeds United need to strengthen most in January? <\/p>\n

Should a move to Elland Road materialise for the man born in Jamaica, Bielsa, who confused Kemar Roofe<\/a>, would presumably be pleased given his comments on the 30-year-old back in October 2020.<\/p>\n

Ahead of a clash against Manchester City, the Argentine highlighted Sterling as a dangerous presence, with the official Leeds United<\/a> website quoting him as saying: \u201c(Sergio) Aguero is a good player, always helpful for a team. I would say the same thing about (Gabriel) Jesus and the same thing about Raheem Sterling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that Sterling is a great attacker, playing out wide or through the middle, he\u2019s a goalscorer.\u201d<\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

The Chelsea outcast certainly is a goalscorer, one who can boast 123 goals in 396 Premier League appearances across spells at Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea. <\/p>\n

Leeds United might have problems when it comes to paying Raheem Sterling\u2019s salary<\/p>\n

Sterling currently earns \u00a3300,000-a-week, and while Sportsboom claim Chelsea are willing to contribute more than half of this salary to help him find a new club, even \u00a3150,000-a-week could prove problematic for Leeds.<\/p>\n

Robbie Evans has already revealed that Leeds are at their limit when it comes to Profit & Sustainability Rules (PSR) \u2013 and unfortunately wages are included in that along with transfer fees.<\/p>\n

Robbie Evans on Leeds United\u2019s PSR position: <\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThis summer, we spent everything we could. Unequivocally, we are maxing PSR out this season. If we had gone on to other targets [on deadline day], the consequences would have been seen in the current roster. More key players from last season would have had to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A sale could open the door to Sterling joining on loan \u2013 Leeds are willing to sell Wilfried Gnonto<\/a> to create some PSR breathing room \u2013 but unless a departure happens, this could be a difficult deal to pull off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcelo Bielsa knew his stuff when it came to attacking football at Leeds. The Argentine oversaw 274 goals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,23345,64554,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-581297","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-raheem-sterling","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115578730208744816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581297","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=581297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}