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Leeds United fan Chris Moyles pays emotional tribute to Marcelo Bielsa

Celebrity Leeds United fan Chris Moyles has paid an emotional tribute to outgoing Whites boss Marcelo Bielsa.

As Leeds United supporters know all too well, Bielsa, 66, left his position with the Elland Road club over the weekend.

Many fans and players have paid tribute to the Argentine who ended Leeds United’s exile from the Premier League.

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DJ Moyles, 48, one of many famous Leeds United fans, used his Radio X breakfast show to say farewell to Bielsa.

Moyles said: "In three and a half years of Marcelo looking after Leeds United and turning things around and being amazing and bizarre and confusing and an enigma, it's all over. So yeah, I'm very upset about it. I was going to write something about it and I didn't.

"So my emotions about Bielsa 'parting company' with Leeds United, I've got very, very, very mixed emotions about it."

As some have said, Moyles believes Bielsa should have had the opportunity to see out the remainder of this season regardless of whether Leeds United dropped out of the Premier League.

Moyles concluded: "I'm very upset about the whole thing. Sure there's been ups and downs, but that's what our song Marching On Together is all about.

“Would I have liked him to stay for the rest of the season? Yes. Would I have taken the risk of us maybe going down? Yes. If he'd have stayed next season to get us back up again, yes I would.”

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