Micah Richards believes sacking Marcelo Bielsa last season, and the subsequent indecision over direction, has ultimately cost Leeds United their Premier League status.
Leeds' three-year stint back in the Premier League came to an end of Sunday as defeat to Tottenham on the final day of the season confirmed their relegation to the Championship. It came after Sam Allardyce, the third manager of the campaign, was unable to arrest the slide and save the Whites from the drop.
Leeds sacked Jesse Marsch just shy of 12 months after he replaced now-Uruguay boss Bielsa at Elland Road, with the club 17th in the table. They replaced him with Javi Gracia but the Spaniard lasted just 12 games before being replaced by Allardyce. But Match of the Day pundit Richards believes the decision to let Bielsa go last season ultimately led Leeds to this destination.
