Leeds United: Who subsequent after supervisor Jesse Marsch’s departure?
Leeds United are on the hunt for a brand new supervisor following the sacking of Jesse Marsch lower than a 12 months into his reign.
Marsch departs after solely two wins within the Premier League since August, with Sunday’s 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest leaving them exterior the relegation zone solely on objective distinction.
BBC Sport seems at a number of the potential candidates to take cost.
Rafael Benitez
Age: 62 Nationality: Spanish Membership: Unattached
One of the skilled managers within the sport, Benitez is offered after leaving Everton a 12 months in the past.
Properly versed with the Premier League, he gained the 2005 Champions League with Liverpool and the 2013 Europa League throughout an interim spell at Chelsea. He additionally guided Newcastle to promotion from the Championship.
Benitez has additionally had stints at a few of Europe’s main golf equipment, together with Actual Madrid, Inter Milan, Napoli and Valencia.
Marcelo Bielsa
Age: 67 Nationality: Argentine Membership: Unattached
The person Jesse Marsch changed as head coach final 12 months, Bielsa is understood to be eager to get again into administration after being interviewed for the Everton job just lately.
Bielsa helped get Leeds promoted to the Premier League after which saved them up, however was sacked as they struggled final season.
Regardless of that, it appears many followers would welcome him again. He is aware of many of the squad however would he need to come again so quickly?
Carlos Corberan
Age: 39 Nationality: Spanish Membership: West Brom
The Spaniard was a coach underneath Bielsa earlier than departing in 2020 to take over at Championship facet Huddersfield.
In his second season with the Terriers he took them to inside a sport of returning to the Premier League, once they misplaced to Nottingham Forest within the play-off closing.
Corberan left to take over Greek giants Olympiacos however was sacked after11 video games. He returned to England with West Brom and has led them from the relegation zone to preventing for the Championship play-offs.
Steven Gerrard
Age: 42 Nationality: English Membership: Unattached
Former England captain Gerrard is out of labor after being sacked by Aston Villa this season, with the facet teetering above the relegation zone.
He lasted solely 11 months at Villa Park, profitable 13 of 40 video games, and his time got here to an finish when supporters sang anti-Gerrard chants in his closing match.
Gerrard’s first managerial job got here with Rangers, guiding them to a primary top-flight league title since 2011 with an unbeaten marketing campaign and breaking Celtic’s stranglehold on the trophy.
Ralph Hasenhuttl
Age: 55 Nationality: Austrian Membership: Unattached
Hasenhuttle was named Southampton supervisor in 2018 and guided them out of the Premier League relegation zone and to security.
In his second season he led them to eleventh and a factors complete of 52, the Saints’ highest since 2015-16.
His tenure additionally featured heavy defeats, with 9-0 losses to Leicester and Manchester United, and he was dismissed final November with Southampton within the relegation zone, the place they continue to be.
Earlier than his time at Southampton he led RB Leipzig to second place within the Bundesliga.
Andoni Iraola
Age: 40 Nationality: Spanish Membership: Rayo Vallecano
Iraola has guided Rayo Vallecano to fifth in La Liga after main them to promotion from Spain’s second division in his first season in cost.
He has earned his plaudits for his excessive depth method and has expertise of working with Leeds’ revered former boss Bielsa, having performed underneath the Argentine at Athletic Bilbao.
Iraola, who has additionally managed Cypriot membership AEK Larnaca and Spanish second division facet CD Mirandes, is known to be admired by Leeds sporting director Victor Orta.
Kjetil Knutsen
Age: 54 Nationality: Norwegian Membership: FK Bodo/Glimt
Knutsen has been linked with a number of jobs in England in latest months after impressing together with his work at Norwegian facet Bodo/Glimt, the place he has been in cost since 2017.
He rapidly established them as a dominant drive domestically and led them to their first league title in 2020. A profitable defence adopted, whereas his standout lead to Europe noticed him oversee a 6-1 win in opposition to Jose Mourinho’s Roma within the Europa League two years in the past.
Mauricio Pochettino
Age: 50 Nationality: Argentine Membership: Unattached
Pochettino is one other supervisor accustomed to the English high flight, main Southampton to an eighth-place end in his first full season in cost.
A transfer to Tottenham adopted, when he got here agonisingly near ending their lengthy watch for silverware – they completed as Premier League runners-up in 2016-17 and misplaced to Liverpool within the Champions League closing two years later.
Pochettino was dismissed months later and went on to handle Ligue 1 giants Paris St-Germain, claiming the league title and cup in France earlier than leaving final summer season.
Ange Postecoglou
Age: 57: Nationality: Greek-Australian Membership: Celtic
Postecoglou led Celtic to a league and cup double in 2021-22 and has them heading in the right direction for extra silverware as they sit high of the Scottish Premiership, 9 factors away from Rangers.
Beforehand he led Australia to the AFC Asian Cup title in 2015.
Postecoglou has been linked with plenty of Premier League groups this season however has beforehand stated he needs to see issues by means of at Celtic.
Nuno Espirito Santo
Age: 49 Nationality: Portuguese Membership: Al-Ittihad
Nuno has managed Valencia and Porto and had a profitable four-year spell at Wolves, guiding them to promotion from the Championship in his first full season.
He then led them to 2 seventh-placed finishes – Wolves’ highest placings within the Premier League – qualifying for Europe for the primary time since 1981.
Wolves reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League in 2020 however Nuno left by mutual consent on the finish of the following marketing campaign.
An ill-fated 17-game spell at Tottenham adopted, earlier than he appointed as supervisor of Saudi Arabian facet Al-Ittihad final July.
Thomas Tuchel
Age: 49 Nationality: German Membership: Unattached
It could be an formidable transfer by Leeds however Tuchel has been out of labor since he was sacked by Chelsea in September.
Tuchel led Chelsea to Champions League success in 2020-21 and gained a powerful 60 of his 100 video games in cost, dropping solely 16.
Earlier than his time in London he managed Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, the place he boasted win percentages of 75% and 63% respectively.
