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Rodrigo reveals how he is preparing for Marcelo Bielsa's gruelling pre-season training regime

New Leeds United signing Rodrigo has requested video footage of Marcelo Bielsa's training sessions ahead of his arrival in England next week.

Leeds completed a club record move for the 29-year-old at the weekend, as the Spain striker was signed in a £27million move from Valencia.

Rodrigo is now on international duty, where he is expected to lead the line for La Roja against Germany and Switzerland in the Nations League over the next few days, before he arrives in West Yorkshire.

He will then complete the pre-season with Marcelo Bielsa at Thorp Arch ahead of Leeds' season-opening clash against Liverpool in ten days' time.

But before he arrives in West Yorkshire, he wants to get some insight into what Bielsa's famously gruelling sessions entail.

"I have already asked for videos of Bielsa's training sessions, of his way of working," he told Spanish radio stations Onda Cero.

"I am very curious to know what he is like, I have asked colleagues who have had him and I am excited to work with him."

Rodrigo had earlier discussed his decision to join Leeds in more detail during a press conference with the Spanish national team.

"The club had to look to let go a lot of players, I don't know if purely financially or for sporting reasons too," he told the press.

"When Leeds came up, it was really attractive to me. To play in the Premier League, to work with a great coach like Bielsa.

"I go to a club with history, which is doing things very well. In recent years, being one of the captains of Valencia, you end up living problem after problem.

"I wanted to enjoy football, train and think about playing."

Rodrigo could come up against fellow new signing Robin Koch on Thursday evening, when Spain travel to Stuttgart to face Germany.

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