Reported many times that he turned down players he did not like. He was picky and liked small squad. Even when buying a player, that guy needed to play in u23 mostly to get up to speed until getting to first team.You have to question why Bielsa wasn’t backed like that?
I mean even given him liking a small squad, I find it hard to believe he’d have turned down 2 or 3 additions.
But I agree that Jan window was let down by the board as Bielsa really needed players. But in my mind it was still a bit of strategy to not overspend in Jan and try to survive until summer. Sadly it cost us Bielsa.