On winning promotion to the Premier League in at the end of the 2019/20 season, Marcelo Bielsa hailed the contributions of his assistants, saying they made a 'bigger contribution for the team to grow' than he had done himself. He went on to use the fact that Carlos Corberan had been offered the role as manager of Huddersfield Town thanks to his work with Leeds as proof of this.
He said : "Carlos Corberan has been chosen by one Championship team to be the manager of his first team and it is a team that one year ago was in the Premier League. This proves what I am saying is true."
Two seasons later, Corberan is one match away from taking Huddersfield back to the top flight, after his side defeated Luton Town 2-1 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final. That feat is all the more remarkable, given that the Terriers finished 20th in the division last season and they didn't spend a transfer fee on a single player this summer, making free transfers and loans only.
