Marcelo Bielsa has been at the heart of what has been one of Leeds United's biggest rollercoaster seasons.

From his unique ‘squat’ on the side-line, to the whole ‘spygate’ fiasco, to openly telling his team to let the opposition score, the Argentine has done it all in his first season in English football… All except get promoted to the Premier League.

Following their defeat to Derby County in the play-off semi-final second leg, Bielsa’s future has become uncertain.

Supporters are in the midst of confusion and frustration following reports that the former Argentine national team coach could be on his way once again, if cost-cutting measures are implemented at the club this summer.

The man praised by none other than Pep Guardiola, has an interesting history when it comes to staying at a club for just one year.

As a coach, he has spent just one year at Espanyol, Marseille, Lazio and Lille. Supporters now fear that Leeds may be the latest of his short stints.

But should they fear his move?

Yes, Leeds have played some of the most dynamic, inventive football the league has ever seen, but the fact of the matter remains, he failed to get them promoted and crumbled under the pressure at the hands of Derby who they had already beaten three times previously.

For all his praise and big-game experience, Bielsa fell at the penultimate hurdle of promotion to the Premier League.

It is worth remembering that they were top at Christmas too.

Not to mention, they have spent a hefty sum of money in the last two seasons on their current squad and have one of the largest wage bills in the entire league.

With the side they have, Bielsa has underachieved this season. He rather unethically employed a member of staff to watch and record opposition’s training sessions and then produced an entire PowerPoint slamming Frank Lampard’s tactics only for him to beat Bielsa to book a trip to Wembley.

He has been in England for more than an entire season now and still needs an assistant manger/translator to speak to most of the players and media.

You can only imagine that this is rather uninspiring for the players and supporters to listen to.

There is a brilliant manager in the form of Chris Hughton currently unemployed after having rather surprisingly been sacked by Brighton; Leeds could end all the recent saga and replace Bielsa with an experienced England manager who knows what it takes to get promoted from the Championship.

Bielsa is a top class manager for sure, but has ultimately produced what many Leeds managers before him did: a promotion push that has ended in misery and disappointment.