FPL Benny

Marcelo Bielsa initially decided to banish Ben White to the U21s changing room upon his arrival at Leeds on loan from Brighton in the summer of 2019. White was taken aback, but kept his counsel. He was told to reduce his body fat percentage, which he did, doing two, or often three, training sessions a day in pre-season. A Leeds insider on White: “He didn’t complain once, he just got on with it. He had to work his b******s to prove himself to Bielsa.” Video analysis meetings of up to 90 minutes, clips sent directly to his WhatsApp, one-on-one meeting with Bielsa the day before matches - all completed without so much as a peep out of White. It is joked today that one of the reasons White doesn’t watch football in his spare time is because he was exposed to a lifetime’s worth under Bielsa. [@SamiMokbel81_DM] #afc