Marcelo Bielsa said it would be better for Leeds to wait until the end of the season before deciding whether to extend his contract.
But Bielsa, who signed a one-year extension to his deal in September after Leeds had won promotion to the Premier League, insisted that did not mean he wants to leave Elland Road.
'The first thing I want to highlight, because what it seems like is that the president is offering me an extension and I am delaying it,' Bielsa said.
'It could be interpreted as the club having more of a desire for me to stay than I do and that's not the case.