You only need to look at Illan Meslier and Pascal Struijk to find evidence of how young players can be integrated into the first-team set-up by Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds United.
Meslier, formerly of Lorient, and Struijk, formerly of Ajax, are also living proof of the influence of scouting oracle Victor Orta and the more holistic strategy that runs from top to bottom at Bielsa’s Leeds.
“I’ve learned so much,” former Leeds defender Mark Jackson, manager of the Under-23s, told the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Read the article at Planet Football.
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