BEHIND every successful manager/head coach, there is usually a successful director of football or transfer supremo. So the theory goes at any rate.

Players are supposedly brought in to fit with a club’s ethos and way of playing and targets – from first-team down to under-23 and academy level – are carefully scrutinised and selected for suitability, with both the coaching and recruitment department of a club being on the same page.

In that regard, Leeds United are well catered for with the relationship between Marcelo Bielsa and Victor Orta having been a strong one during their time together.

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