The English Football League began an investigation into Bielsa, after admitting that he asked a member of his coaching staff to spy on a Derby County training, prior to the meeting between the two.
The controversy of Marcelo Bielsa and his spy seems to have no end. After the Crazy admitted that the man arrested for spying Derby County training had been sent by him, now the English Football League (EFL) decided to open an investigation.
It all started last Thursday, when the Derby called the police to denounce the presence of a suspicious man, who was observing the practice with binoculars. Once the subject was arrested by the Derbyshire security forces, on the website of the team led by Frank Lampard they told what happened and assured that the club was "in talks with the officials of Leeds United in relation to this incident". Everything indicated that the man was a member of the technical staff of Marcelo Bielsa, and that he had been sent to the venue with the sole purpose of spying on his next rivals.
On Friday, after the victory of those led by Loco against Derby County 2-0, Bielsa himself acknowledged that he was responsible for what happened: "It's true, it's real, the person responsible for that person was there, it's me There is a series of precisions that I need to give, it does not matter if I believe that is legal or illegal, right or wrong, for me it is enough that Lampard and Derby Country have felt annoyed to understand that I did not act correctly, "he admitted.
After his confession, Leeds issued a statement in which he said they did not agree with the methods used by the coach. In addition the English Football Association (FA) warned that they would open a file for this reason. Now joined the English League, which on Tuesday announced that it initiated an investigation against Bielsa. "The EFL wrote today to Leeds United to request their observations on an incident that occurred near the Derby County training ground on Thursday, January 10, 2019. It was requested following a complaint from Derby County, which stated that an individual, working for the direction of Leeds United, he sought to observe a private training session, "they explained.
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