Marcelo Bielsa confirmed that he will lead Athletic Bilbao if Arechabaleta is elected as the new president of the club

The Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa has confirmed this Monday that he will be the coach of Athletic Club if the candidate Iñaki Arechabaleta emerges victorious from the electoral elections this Friday, June 24, from which the president who relieves Aitor Elizegi at the head of the Basque club will emerge .

When announcing it, Arechabaleta, who competes with the other two candidates, Ricardo Barkala and Jon Uriarte, valued as “the decision is very important” to choose Bielsa, of whom he valued that “surely he is the most revered and respected coach by professionals in the world”.

Through a video lasting almost an hour, ‘Loco’ Bielsa revealed at the beginning that he has already seen “all 45 games” that Athletic played last season, in addition to the 38 from Bilbao Athletic and some more from Basconia and the Youth team.

A total of “90 games” Analyzed that you see necessary for “take decisions” in a short time about the “40 players” that he would initially have at his disposal among the players of the first team, those on loan, transferred footballers with repurchase clauses and Athletic players whose contract is ending.

He also commented that the first thing he said to Arechabaleta was “let me see, let me evaluate” and that after doing so he commented that “the team plays well” and that it seemed to him that the best thing was for the previous coach, Marcelino García Toral, to continue. And that it was onlyafter Marcellin’s pronouncement” when saying goodbye when he considered accepting Arechabaleta’s proposal.

Bielsa considers that this Athletic has a “quality comparable to beforer” that he directed at the beginning of the previous decade, but also that “there are more players” at the high level than then.

The coach from Rosario (07-21-1955) has already managed Athletic for two seasons, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, and in the first one he reached the finals of the Europa League and the Copa del Rey, in the who lost to Atlético de Madrid and FC Barcelona.