Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
To be fair Bilbao hadn’t won anything since the 80s and he got them to two finals where they lost against Barca and Atleti.
I do understand the over hype thing being a turn off, it’s just a irresistible narrative for the media though, crazy genius managing lower down the league influences three respected coaches and I suspect it’s their references to him that led recent focus, add in the dirty Leeds back in the Prem it reaches saturation point.
I’ll admit I don’t like Leeds and the whole Leeds being back in the premier league story has been overblown also. Even two seasons ago when they blew it in the playoffs people were saying the PL needs Leeds which is crap. The league is so strong that it doesn’t need any team. It would be weaker if say united or Liverpool went down but every other club is expendable. Especially Leeds who were a massive club in the 70s, 80s and 90s but haven’t been since. One club cities like Saudi Sportswashing Machine and Leeds big fan bases partly because they have no competition in their respective cities. I would put Leeds at about the 9th or 10th biggest club in England. But the way the media are going on about them you’d think they’re the biggest.