Marcelo Bielsa has had plenty of comparisons throughout his colourful managerial career.
But Leeds United's charismatic head coach has surely never been compared to a legend of British music.
Author Tim Rich recently released his new book charting Bielsa's career.
The first English-language book on Marcelo Bielsa, ‘The Quality of Madness’ documents Bielsa's career from its beginning in South America to his current spell at Elland Road.
Rich said: "Leeds’ acquisition of Bielsa is the greatest coup outside of the top flight since Kevin Keegan went to Newcastle United in 1982.
“Bielsa came at a price. But what he’s given has absolutely revolutionised Leeds United.
"Elland Road is once again loud, it’s noisy, it’s fervent, and there’s total belief in Bielsa.
"He’s energised the team, he’s energised the city, and he’s energised the entire division."
In the book, Rich says his aim is to "put Bielsa and the Bielsa family into context and document the life of a person in the pantheon of football eccentrics".
And he made a surprising analogy when it comes to evaluating the Argentine's career to date.
Speaking to the Sportsman, Rich added: "Across a 30-year career, Bielsa’s only really won four trophies.
"And one of the great questions in sport is, ‘do you only analyse a great career through trophies?’ Or another way of putting it, the greatest being judged by what is won.
“In this respect, with 11 Oscars from 17 nominations, the greatest film ever made is Titanic.
“Instead, you have to broaden the parameters out. Simply put Bielsa is regarded by other managers as a trailblazer.
"Someone who began things early. David Bowie never sold the most records but blazed the trail for a host of successful musicians.
"This is why Bielsa is regarded so highly, because he devised a whole new way of working, of thinking, of playing and success shouldn’t be measured in such a base fashion."
The Quality of Madness: A Life of Marcelo Bielsa, by Tim Rich, is out now.
