Eddie Nketiah has defended criticism of Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United training methods after Jesse Marsch blamed the club’s injury problems on ‘overtraining’. Plenty of supporters were quick to make their feelings known about the American’s comments as they felt as though it ignored some of the many achievements from the Argentine's tenure at the club.
In defence of Marsch, it isn’t anything that others haven’t already said but it understandably left a bitter taste in the mouths of the Elland Road faithful. While admitting that the intensity was like nothing else he had seen previously, Nketiah felt its benefits in terms of development outweighed the risk of potential injury.
“It’s difficult to say whether it’s wrong because I felt like he was getting the best out of the players that he had,” the former Leeds loan star told The Beautiful Game Podcast. “Everyone was improving a lot, even myself.
