Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has spoken of his admiration for Marcelo Bielsa.
Guardiola has revealed he spent a day with the former Athletic Bilbao and Marseille coach.
"I learned a lot. In eleven hours, you can learn a lot, but you also cannot know Marcelo Bielsa. For that, you must live with hom, do more things with him," said Guardiola on SFR Sport.
"I'm a big fan of Marcelo Bielsa. He has given dignity to our profession. He is a person who respects his peers, who remains faithful to the way he wants to play. He has an admiration for the players he has. He knows them. He knows absolutely everything about football.
"He deserves to be in the football world every season, every moment. He is honest and upright. He is strong with strong people and a good guy with weak people. I admire him a lot, he's one of my idols as a coach."