On Monday new Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa was unveiled to the media, here we look at five key points:

On style of play

“The fans want the protagonists out there on the field.

“I want people to take the game by the scruff of the neck, not being afraid of the ball, and spending time in possession.

“They will see a kind of football where the ball is kept on the floor and as we work the ball forward, we will keep it on the ground.

“They will see loyalty and faithfulness from the players as they try to implement what we do in training out on the field.”

On the squad

“The players I want to keep are the players I can guarantee game time to.

“We think the club, generally, have got 15 players- you might consider to be an excessive amount, more than we need and there are probably four or five positions on the field where we need to strengthen.

“Moving forward in a football sense, the squad shouldn’t be too numerous, we shouldn’t have too many players in the squad who aren’t getting game time.

“There might be some departures so the number of players in the squad isn’t too excessive, I like to have a trimmed down, lean squad so everyone is getting game time.”

On getting his messages across

“I am very conscious of the importance of the spoken and written word in getting your message across.

“Getting players to play and appealing to players’ emotions and inspiring them to play - I think getting your message across as a manager is all about that.

“The biggest factor that gets players playing is emotion and if you speak sincerely, words and how you express yourself goes hand-in-hand in activating those football emotions.”

On the Championship start 

“There are no easy games in football, we never think about an easy game as a manager and we are naturally optimistic most of the time.

“For me, having my first game at home and to have the kind of belief and excitement that it’s going to be a sell-out crowd will make it almost like a Premier League game, that for me is something to be really excited about and something that really stimulates me.”

On sleeping at Thorp Arch

“I have not been thinking about that, we’ve not made our mind up to do but I’ll take that as a suggestion.”

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