‘Not a model’ – Bielsa refuses to engage with World Cup photoshootImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, All teams and managers at the World Cup are taking part in different photoshootsPublished32 minutes agoOne thing about Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa is that he is definitely his own man.Whether it is his nickname of ‘El Loco’ (The Crazy One), his obsessive attention to detail or sitting on an ice box during matches, the former Leeds manager is well known as a maverick.And the 70-year-old seems to have kept up his reputation in his official Fifa portrait for the World Cup.Unlike most players and managers who play up to the camera and enjoy their moment in the spotlight, Bielsa stared stonily downwards rather than straight into the lens looking like he would rather be at the training ground or analysing yet another match.After his side’s opening 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Miami on Monday, he was unimpressed with journalists querying his stance, amid suggestions it might be some kind of protest.
“I don’t have to give any explanation, the picture was taken the way it was taken,” he reported.
“I’m not a model.”
