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Samu Saiz spoke at the pre-Blackburn Rovers press conference along with Marcelo Bielsa.
Saiz: "I feel better because Marcelo made the whole team be more aggressive from a football point of view. We're aggressive playing football. We trust each other more. Thanks to all this is I feel more safe and I'm less aggressive - apart from the football." #lufc
— Phil Hay (@PhilHayYEP) October 18, 2018
It sounds like Bielsa has been doing a little man-management of Saiz, which is welcomed. Saiz also said that he found it hard to stay motivated last season, but with Bielsa in charge, I can’t imagine anyone is going to slack off.
This is what happens when you get a manager with the reputation of Bielsa, everyone takes him and the project seriously.
On to the links.
Leeds United Links
Loan round-up. [Through It All Together]
Marcelo Bielsa sees his donations to Newell’s Old Boys as paying off a debt. [Yorkshire Evening Post]
England and English Football Links
Marco Silva explains his transfer strategy at Everton. [Royal Blue Mersey]
Arsenal have reportedly entered the race for Cagliari’s Nicolo Barella. [Football-Italia.net]
World Football Links
A look at what Atlanta United’s Tata Martino can bring to the Mexico national team, if he is hired as reports suggest he will be. [FMF State of Mind]
A pioneer of women’s football in Mexico was murdered. [FMF State of Mind]
Sunday’s derby between AC Milan and Inter will showcase two Argentina international number 9s. [Serpents of Madonnina]
Serpents of Madonnina, the SBNation Inter Milan blog, answered some questions ahead of the Milan Derby on Sunday. [AC Milan Offside]
There will be a new NISA team in Philadelphia starting in 2019 that will compete with the Philadelphia Union. [Brotherly Game]