LEEDS United head coach Marcelo Bielsa insists it remains his priority to learn the English language.

Bielsa has guided Leeds to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after eight matches and has yet to be beaten in league action since arriving in June.

But despite overcoming the language barrier, the 63-year-old Argentinian, who currently speaks through a translator, is determined to continue with his English lessons.

"It's a priority for me to learn English," he said before Saturday's home game against Birmingham City. "What I'm going to say doesn't mean that it is not necessary to understand and speak English.

"What I can tell you is the less you speak, the better you are as a head coach.

"This is because you communicate not through words, but through the actions you make during the training sessions.

"When you see that the team is assimilating a habit, it's not because you talk a lot, it's because you have done practical facts, that allowed players to assimilate an idea."

Bielsa has transformed Leeds, using virtually the same group of players who finished last season in 13th place, and they will bid to extend their lead at the top with back-to-back home wins on Saturday.

"I have an advantage and not every head coach has it," the former Argentina and Chile manager said. "For 10 years during my career I worked as head coach of national teams.

"This allows you to develop mechanisms so you can transmit to the team features in a fast way.

"When you prepare for a game with a national team, you only have two days to prepare and you have one game per month.

"Not every head coach has to face this kind of situation and you can't learn how to solve problems that you don't face.

"So I think I have the advantage of being in situations in the past where I had to find fast solutions.

"We also have to take into account the fact that we had a pre-season, which lasted seven weeks - that's a lot of time - and we also had one month before pre-season to analyse the team."

Leeds have made light of the loss of key players Kemar Roofe (calf), Pablo Hernandez (hamstring), Patrick Bamford and Gaetano Berardi (both knee) last week to remain the second tier's only unbeaten side.

Bielsa is expected to name an unchanged starting line-up against Birmingham, with Tyler Roberts continuing as a central striker after his first two goals for the club against Preston in midweek.