Gje dokkar med konspirasjonsteoriene
Alle 'insidere' på begge sider av bordet sier at dette går i orden.
Om hvorfor det tar tid, slik er bare Bielsa. Her er et utdrag fra gårsdagens Hay som forteller litt om stoda:
...selv uklarheter om hvilke medie-plikter som må til i Premier League kan skape utsettelser
Bielsa is never prone to half measures, even when, as now, he is working without a contract. He has still to sign a deal for next season — holding off until the paperwork is just so — but he looked as committed as ever as training got going at Thorp Arch, out on the pitches with everyone else. His contract will get done, or so all parties say. Leeds just need Bielsa to give them the thumbs-up.
Past experience told the club negotiations about an extension would take a while. It also told the club that their patience in waiting for Bielsa to approve the paperwork would pay off. This is a process with Bielsa, rather than a gamble, and the long and short of the past few weeks is that the 65-year-old is rigid about technicalities and detail. A minor part of the discussions involved the increased media demands he would face in the Premier League. It was no big deal, but Bielsa wanted to know. His people in Argentina say finalising a contract for him is like a “minute-by-minute event” in which everything is picked over and nothing escapes his attention.
Og alt er som før, fri lørdag kveld i den første treningsuken, glem det!
They were back in the old routine at Leeds United last week, with a training session organised for Saturday evening. The squad work all hours with Marcelo Bielsa, not least in pre-season, and his players are in the habit of keeping their diaries clear.