Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa has come out fighting against accusations of "cheating" and "unethical" behaviour in a controversial spying incident that has been a talking point in British football for the past week.
He held an emergency press conference at 5pm UK time on Wednesday, with some fans fearing that he might quit as manager over the furore in which the former Chile and Argentina coach sent a Leeds employee to spy on Derby County ahead of their league clash last week.
Police were called to remove a "suspicious individual" from the pre-match training session, and Leeds admitted responsibility for assigning the individual while saying he viewed it as a regular practice.