Athletic Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa will be disappointed if they lose Fernando Llorente and Javi Martinez this week.

The outspoken Argentine coach revealed he asked the wantaway duo in front of the other players if he was responsible for their desire to quit San Mames.

"Javi Martinez and Llorente are more important than me," he explained in a press conference.

"I asked them, with all the players present, if I was the problem, and if I had been then I would have known what I had to do.

"On that front, I was very clear. I asked if I had been the problem and it was obvious then that I was not.

"I thought I would give them the opportunity to say so."