Look at the list of 5 candidates for the new Leeds United manager.
Leeds United, the famous club of the battle English Premier League Are hunting for a new manager after deciding to fire American coach Jesse March . Resigned from the position on February 6, the past. Which is not even 12 months.
Marsh was sack after leading Leeds to a poor run of Leeds United four league wins, six draws and 10 defeats, dropping to 17th place on 18 points. Level with relegation-zone Ever. already tons
Leeds have link with a number of managers. Leeds United And here are five of the most likely candidates to take over at Elland Road.
1. Rafael Benitez
Benitez is one of the most experienced managers in football at the moment. And after parting with Everton last year. The 62-year-old. Bull-blood trainer is still unemployed until now.
Benitez is well acquainte with the Premier League. After having previously manage Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle and Everton, as well as having led the Reds to a miracle title win . European football in 2005
The Spaniard has also managed some of Europe’s biggest clubs, such as Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Napoli and Valencia, so joining Leeds wouldn’t be too difficult.
2. Marcelo Bielsa
Marsh was appointe to take over at Leeds last year from Bielsa. It is well known that A very experienc Argentinian boss. Eager to get back on the sidelines again. After recently interviewing with Everton. But the negotiations were not conclude.
Bielsa was the one who led Leeds promote from the Championship to play in the Premier League in the 2020-21 season. But last year He had to sack after leading the team into the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, many Leeds fans seem to delight that Bielsa will return to work at the club. But it depends on the board of directors how to decide.
3. Carlos Corberan
Spanish young coach Used to be a member of Bielsa’s staff at Leeds and in 2020 he decided to leave the club to move to management. Huddersfield Town for 2 years, the last year he almost brought “The Terriers” back to play in the Premier League successfully, but lost to Nottingham Forest in the play-off round.
After leaving Huddersfield, Corberan move to Greek club Olympiakos. But was sack after just 11 games in charge. Before returning to England to take the job at West Bromwich Albion and guide the club from the relegation zone to the play-offs.
Corberan, only 39 years old, is consider a young. Energetic coach that is worth keeping an eye on. And now he’s on the podium as one of the favorites to take over Leeds already.
4. Steven Gerrard
The former England and Liverpool captain has lost his job. After being sacked as Aston Villa manager earlier. This season. due to performing poorly by leading the team to drop into the relegation zone
Gerrard only spent 11 months at Villa Park, winning 13 of 40 games, and his time at Villa came to an end sooner than many thought. But when looking at the work of the former team like Glasgow Rangers. It is considered extraordinary.
For Gerrard, he had led Rangers to overthrow their all-time rivals, Glasgow Celtic, to win the Scottish League title in the past 10 years.
5. Mauricio Pochettino
Pochettino is another manager familiar with working in the English top flight. In which he used to lead Southampton to finish in 8th place in his first season in charge of the team Before rocking to create great results with Tottenham Hotspur
The Argentinian coach has led Spurs to a runner-up finish in the Premier League in 2016-17, and in 2019 he led the team to the UEFA Champions League final with Liverpool, but unfortunately did not. able to win the championship successfully
After being sack by Spurs in 2019. Pochettino was out of work for two years. Before taking charge of Paris Saint-Germain , having led PSG to one Ligue 1 title and leaving the club last summer.