Leeds start a new stage in the Premier League sixteen years later with Marcelo Bielsa leading the team and for this he will do so with the first great touchstone on the first date of the championship.
It will do nothing more and nothing less than in the fiefdom of the defending champion, at Anfield, against Liverpool of Klopp, that the defense of the champion title will begin on September 12 in an edition like the last one in which they broke all kinds of records and took 18 points difference to Manchester City, second classified. Fulham will be the first team to visit Elland Road, while on the third day, Sheffield United will be his rival.
However, the thing does not stop there. For the first commitment in October, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City awaits him at home, in what will be a direct duel of coaches who share many football ideas and who have mutually expressed their admiration for the achievements made in their career. The Spanish coach has surrendered to Bielsa on countless occasions, ensuring that “nor is there a coach in the world better prepared than Bielsa “ since yesors teams “move around the field a lot and they attack with many players. “
Other great commitments that augur Bielsa will be the Arsenal, which will be measured first in November and then in February; he Chelsea and United who will face in December, and on January 2 against José Mourinho's Tottenham.
Marcelo Bielsa undertakes what will be his third season at the helm of 'Los Blancos', after he achieved the feat of promotion just a few days from the end of the Championship. Last season, he added 93 points in the 46 league games, with a balance of 77 goals in favor by 35 against, being the best in this section.