Elland Road transfer news: Leeds want Bielsa to stay at the club 'as things stand'

Journalist David Anderson believes that Leeds want Marcelo Bielsa to remain at the club beyond this season.

The Argentine usually operates by only signing one-year deals and is once again out of contract at the end of the current campaign.

This has possibly been the most testing of Bielsa’s four seasons in English football. He’s had to deal with an incredible amount of injuries, which have hampered his side’s chance of bettering their ninth place finish on their return to the Premier League.

Several of his key players, including Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips, and perhaps the most pivotal, Patrick Bamford, have all missed large chunks of the season, with Bielsa forced to involve a host of youngsters in Premier League games to make up the numbers.

Leeds only managed three victories from their opening 18 fixtures and were heading into 2022 with the prospect of getting dragged into a relegation.

But Bielsa has managed to steady the ship and Leeds have won twice in three games to open up a seven point gap on the bottom-three, which has left them looking up and not down.

Regardless, with his contract expiring at the end of the season, there’s no guarantee that Bielsa will commit his future to the Elland Road outfit once again.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “He’s very much a 24/7 manager. You usually have an idea of what they want to do, and certainly, Leeds’ position as it stands is they want him to carry on. So, as things stand, Leeds will want him to stay.”

Predicting Bielsa’s future in South Yorkshire has always proved a difficult task, but up to now, he’s always stayed put.

But his long term future will surely come down to whether he feels he can take Leeds to the next level. Their injury problems and lack of transfer