Leeds consider replacing Marcelo Bielsa with Jesse Marsch after latest league thrashing – Four Four Two 26/2/22
Alasdair Mackenzie
The relegation-threatened Yorkshire club lost 4-0 at home to
Tottenham on Saturday
Leeds United are reportedly considering sacking manager
Marcelo Bielsa after Saturday’s 4-0 Premier League to Tottenham continued their
dreadful run of form.
It was Leeds' second heavy defeat in three days, following a
6-0 drubbing by Liverpool on Wednesday, and left them with one point from their
last seven league games.
The Athletic reports that Bielsa’s dismissal is being
considered by the Elland Road hierarchy and former RB Leipzig boss Jesse Marsch
has been lined up as a replacement.
The American is said to have been identified as a potential
summer recruit, but the managerial switch could be made earlier with Leeds now
dangerously close to the relegation zone.
Bielsa’s side are 16th with 23 points, three points clear of
Burnley in 18th, but the Clarets have three games in hand.
The Argentinian led Leeds back to the top flight after 16
years away in 2019/20, and finished an impressive ninth in their first campaign
back in the Premier League.
But their dramatic dive in form in the last month has piled
pressure on Bielsa, whose team have lost their last four league games in a row,
conceding 17 goals in that time.
Marsch is available after ending a short-lived spell at
Leipzig in December, but he previously impressed at Red Bull Salzburg, leading
the Austrians to two consecutive league and cup doubles.
Leeds’ next game is away to Leicester in a week’s time.
