Leeds United are set to nominate Marcelo Bielsa as their new head coach forward of the brand new Championship season.
The Argentine had beforehand managed Ligue 1 facet Lille, nevertheless he was sacked in December after a run of poor outcomes having managed the membership for simply seven months.
Now with Leeds in search of a supervisor after Paul Heckingbottom was sacked, it seems to be as if director of soccer Victor Orta has discovered the person he needs to interchange him.
According to Sky Sports, he and the managing director of the membership Angus Kinnear will fly out to South America to satisfy and talk about phrases with Bielsa forward of his proposed transfer.
Heckingbottom lasted simply 13 video games as supervisor at Elland Road after managing to win two video games, with a 13th place end in the Championship deemed inadequate by the board.
His probably alternative Bielsa has a wealth of managerial expertise on his resume, having managed each the Argentina and Chile nationwide sides earlier than turning to membership administration the place he has managed Athletic Bilbao and Marseille, while even managing a two-day spell as Lazio boss earlier than quitting.
His most profitable spell as supervisor got here whereas managing Athletic Bilbao, the place he led his facet to each a Europa League and Copa del Rey closing in the course of the 2011/12 season. Should the deal to make Bielsa supervisor undergo, he'll change into Leeds' seventh supervisor in the house of three years.