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Marcelo Bielsa has never cared much for appearances.
When FIFA gathered coaches for its official Club World Cup photoshoot earlier this month, Uruguay’s manager stood with his hands in his pockets, looking down rather than towards the camera. Asked afterwards why he refused to pose conventionally, the 70-year-old dismissed the question.
“I’m not a model,” he said. “I don’t have to give any explanation. The picture was taken the way it was taken.”
It was a typically Bielsa response — indifferent to optics and entirely consistent with a career built on doing things his own way.
