Premier League: New Leeds United Manager Jesse Marsch – Leeds United have announced the appointment of Jesse Marsch as the club’s new head coach following the sacking of Marcelo Bielsa over a run of poor results and relegation fears. The 48-year-old has signed a deal at Elland Road running until June 2025 and his first game in charge will be Saturday’s Premier League trip at Leicester City. Marsch, a former USA international midfielder, previously played for D.C. United, Chicago Fire and Chivas USA in the MLS. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.
Premier League: Former RB Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch named new Leeds United manager days after Argentinian Marcelo Bielsa sacking
Following his retirement from playing, he became an assistant with the USA national team, before being named as the first head coach of Montreal Impact in 2012. Three years later, he was named New York Red Bulls boss and led them to the MLS Supporters’ Shield and was also named the 2015 MLS Coach of the Year.
#LUFC can today announce the appointment of Jesse Marsch as our new head coach, pending international clearance
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 28, 2022
Premier League: Former RB Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch named new Leeds United manager
In 2018, he left New York Red Bulls as the coach with the most wins in the club’s history, joining German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig as assistant to Ralf Rangnick. Ahead of the 2019/20 season he was named head coach of sister club Red Bull Salzburg and went on to have great success, winning both the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup in consecutive seasons.
This led to him returning to RB Leipzig as head coach last summer, which was his most recent position, prior to parting ways in December. He will now be looking to guide Leeds United away from the Premier League relegation places over the final 12 games of the campaign.
Speaking about the appointment, Leeds United Director of Football Victor Orta said: “We are delighted to welcome Jesse to the club and excited for him to lead us into this new chapter.
“Jesse is someone we identified a number of years ago during his time at Red Bull Salzburg and we believe his philosophy and style of football aligns with that of the club and will suit the players very well. We have a long-term plan and firmly believe he can take Leeds United to the next level and are excited for what the future holds.”
Premier League: Jesse Marsch used to be Ralf Rangnick’s assistant
Jesse Marsch: “It’s something I’m really excited about, I know what a big club Leeds is, I know ex-players who have played here and I’ve watched this club from afar for many years and I’m really honoured and excited to be here,” said Marsch.
“One of the things I love about this team right now is their commitment no matter how difficult the games have been, to play until the end, fight for each other, to never stop and to give everything to each other at every moment.
“This mentality and mindset to play for the fans, fight for the fans and to fight for each other is what I love, as a manager that is what I identify, a team that has heart, passion and plays for each other with everything they have.
“My style of play, my aggressiveness and the desire I have for teams to be intensive and to run and make things difficult for the opponent fits with what has been done here for three-and-a-half years. I have to identify how to do the important things and simple things right away, before building the complexity moving forwards.”
“We have all the tools here, I’m here to help this group understand how we can get better and handling the moment right now, we have to stay calm and control what we can control, we are still in a good situation where we control all of our destiny.”
Premier League: Jesse Marsch on Marcelo Bielsa
“My respect and admiration for Marcelo Bielsa is massive. When I was assistant coach with the US national team in my first full-time coaching job, our first game was against Chile and Marcelo Bielsa.”
“I followed his career and watched what he has done from afar and certainly he is a hero here. How he has helped transform Leeds United into a Premier League team is pretty amazing.
“For me, I just want help to take the torch to the next phase, everything that has been done has laid and incredible foundation and coming in at this moment, I want to do everything I can to take the club into the next stage of our history.”
Premier League: Former RB Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch named new Leeds United manager days after Argentinian Marcelo Bielsa sacking
