Marcelo Bielsa, former manager of Leeds United, has criticized the game's business aspect.
American football fans had first-hand access to Marcelo Bielsa's distinctive way of viewing the wonderful game during his three-and-a-half times as Leeds United manager.
Whether it was having his Leeds players litter- pick during preseason so that they gained an understanding of how difficult fans have to work in order to obtain their match tickets, or 90- tiny- long press conferences explaining why he dispatched coaches to detective on Frank Lampard's Derby County, English football had seen nothing like him before.
After parting company with Leeds in 2022 after leading them back to the Premier League following a 16- year absence, Bielsa next year took up the job of the head coach of the Republic national team, rapidly turning them into the most interesting South American team to watch and then has them into the semi- finals of the Copa America.
In a Bielsa press conference during his time in West Yorkshire, he expressed his apprehension about the creeping commercialization of sport, where overpaid people are punished for their performance in an effort to generate even more income.
And now that Bielsa is receiving more worldwide attention at the Copa America in the USA, he has once more reacted with his railings against the moneymen.
Before his team's Copa America quarter-final win over Brazil, he said, "football has more and more observers but is becoming less and less attractive." What did not get prioritized now, making this game the best activity ever made. Then this method will get finished.
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" No matter how many people watch football, if you do n't ensure that what people watch is something pleasant, it will only benefit the business. Because the company just cares about how many persons watch it".
However, this unnatural increase in fans will stop as soon as the gamers who deserve to get watched are less and the game produced becomes less enjoyable.
Bielsa also lamented the effect that social media is having on enthusiasts ' connection with the game in a world of instant gratification and bite-sized features.
" Soccer is not just the five minutes of features. Soccer is much more than that, it is a historical expression, it is a method of identification.
The fact of the Uruguayan population, which has the most important identification indication that people have, is unrelated to the fact that some people simply watch the highlights of the national player's game.
" I believe we should reject this scenario that they have suggested to us, where the controversy, the claim, the guilty verdict become a preoccupation that worsens the environment in which sport may become played."
Bielsa's followers, who range from Beeston to Bilbao, are also adoring him despite the fact that the 68-year-old often puts supporters first.
" Sports is common property", he added. " Poor people who did n't have money to buy things that made them happy had football, that was free. But now they do n't have it anymore¨
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" Sao Paulo's 1992 team were all people who could already be in Europe. However, they participated in two Copa Libertadores playoffs before moving to Europe.
" But what happened to sports? Football is actually a favorite property. In its core, soccer is a popular home. Why? Because poor folks have very restricted access to buy what makes them happy, because they do not have the money to buy them.
" But, football being completely, its origin is common. One of the few items that the poorest citizens can have is. But, now, they no longer own it. 17- year- older people like Endrick go to Europe. The Palmeiras winger]Estevao], etc.
" It's a shame that I'm the one who has to say these things, because all they'll do is reject me. Maybe you should say these things, as I imagine you are not part of the business, otherwise you would never ask me the question. Or maybe you're part of the business, and you do it so I can begin talking.
" I believe that the internet may get prevented from hearing the enhanced words of people like me, who often have a common effect. Who would be interested in hearing what I say if you do n't listen to it because I coach the Uruguay national team?
However, you have the power to rig everything to the max as a representative of a profession. Why do n't you conduct an investigation to find out what lies are?
Never change, Marcelo.
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