Colin Sheridan: Cultural differences haunt the 'foreign' manager in the Premier League

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Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa shouts from the touchline during the Premier League clash with Arsenal at The Emirates Stadium. Giving interviews through a translator, Bielsa may well be right not to invest too much time in trying to learn a language whose value may not extend beyond tomorrow, says Colin Sheridan. Picture: Adam Davy

Maybe the greatest trick Leeds United head coach Marcelo Bielsa ever pulled was not persuading the world he is a maverick innovator, but rather convincing us he can’t speak English.

The most defensive tactic he has employed this season has been sticking with his Colombian translator Andrés
Clavijo, whose very presence alongside El Loco allows the Argentine maestro to appear too cuddly and professorly to be hurt with nasty questions.