Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa is now being wanted by Fiorentina to take over the reins at the Serie A club.

What's the story?

Reports in recent weeks have suggested that the Argentine is expected to put pen to paper on a new contract at Elland Road, with Fabrizio Romano claiming that this should be done "soon".

However, RAI journalist Sara Meini has revealed that Fiorentina are plotting a move to lure Bielsa away from Yorkshire, adding that he figures among the contenders to take over the manager's job there.

Nightmare for Andrea Radrizzani

Make no mistake about it, losing Bielsa this summer would be the kind of seismic blow from which Leeds would find it extremely difficult to recover.

Speaking exclusively to Football FanCast, Brian Deane said of the Argentine: "He's brought a massive change to the club and I don't know what the figures are, but he's delivered. He's over-delivered.

"I think their target was to finish fourth bottom and look where they are in the table, so he's doing something good. And I'm sure these guys have factored into any budget that they're going to offer the manager."

Touching on what Bielsa has managed to do at Leeds, former Wigan manager Paul Jewell told FFC: "What I like about Bielsa is, and I think he can speak English but he's pulling our legs, so fair play to him, but what I like about him is that he doesn't make excuses.

"The difference he's made to those Leeds players like Dallas, Cooper and Ayling, the list is endless. They were Championship players, and not great ones, but he's turned them into Premier League players.

"He deserves unbelievable credit and he won't have a trophy at the end of the season, but what a manager he is."

As Jewell says, Bielsa has turned essentially lower-division players into fully-fledged Premier League stars, and even internationals in the case of England hero Kalvin Phillips.

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It would be a massive nightmare for Radrizzani to lose Bielsa to Fiorentina, and it's exactly why he must be proactive in trying to get the Argentine to put pen to paper on a new deal at Leeds as soon as possible.

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