Leeds striker Bamford lifts lid on Clavijo around the club | OneFootball

Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford has lifted the lid on how Javi Clavijo is around the club.

Manager Marcelo Bielsa has only spoken his native Spanish in public since taking over as Leeds boss in 2018 and continues to use trusted interpreter Clavijo by his side for interviews.

"To be honest I've never seen him (Bielsa) hammer someone individually," Bamford told Sky Sports.

"We'll have individual meetings and he'll tell you where you're going wrong but he won't absolutely batter you.

"When we played Arsenal away at half-time, he came in and he was fuming. He shouted, doing it all in Spanish, and then the translator has to translate it..."

Bamford then goes on to describe Clavijo, detailing he warns the players if Bielsa is in a particularly fiery mood.

"He's a proper little geezer you know! He's from London, he's a good guy," Bamford added.

"He does the individual meetings for the translation as well and if you're walking in there he'll be like 'you've got it today, he's on a mad one!'"