In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, former Leeds United midfielder Carlton Palmer has tipped Marcelo Bielsa to leave the Yorkshire giants, but only if a "top five" club comes calling.

The loveable Argentine has fast become a hero at Elland Road, even before he finally guided the team back to the promised land of the Premier League last season.

Bielsa has been in charge since June 2018, bringing home a 54 per cent win record from 111 matches,  which is the best return of any Leeds manager in their history - even eclipsing the late and successful Don Revie.

However, the club have only offered the 65-year-old a one-year extension, meaning he will once again be out of contract going into next summer, and with pressure increasing on some managers in the league, might Bielsa become an easy target?

Palmer doesn't think any of the top five are looking for someone new - after all, Frank Lampard and Mikel Arteta are still relatively fresh appointments while Pep Guardiola just signed a new two-year contract last month.

Although if any did come knocking, the former Baggies and Owls legend believes only then should Bielsa consider leaving Elland Road.

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He told FFC:

"They'd have to be on the hunt for a manager, wouldn't they? "At that moment I don't think anybody, you know even though Arsenal are struggling I don't think Arteta is struggling for his job. "So for Bielsa, if you're going to leave Leeds United, which is a massive club, you've got to be thinking 'where am you going to go to that's going to be better than Leeds at the moment'. "If you're going to leave and go to a top club, that top club has got to be Manchester United, Liverpool or Arsenal, even Man City and Chelsea too. Those are your top five clubs. If you're not going to get those top five clubs, then stay where you are." Leeds currently find themselves sitting in 12th place after the opening ten matches of the season. Bielsa has steered his side to an unlucky and narrow defeat to defending champions, Liverpool while also drawing to Man City and Arsenal. They are more than holding their own in the big time. In fact, no other team in the English top-flight has created more chances thus far, as per The Athletic, so you could easily see the Argentine atop of a few shortlists one day.

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