ACCRINGTON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 28: Jesse Marsch the head coach / manager of Leeds United during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Accrington Stanley and Leeds United at Wham Stadium on January 28, 2023 in Accrington, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
Leeds United is able to announce that head coach Jesse Marsch has been let go. On the last day of the previous season, Jesse, who joined the team in February 2022, played a crucial role in maintaining the team in the Premier League. We appreciate Jesse’s efforts and wish him and his backroom crew the best in the future.” Leeds, who are one point above the relegation zone in 18th position, have chosen to part ways with Jesse Marshe after a year on Monday. The American was judged unfit to lead the team forward in spite of his best efforts.
After an amazing 2-2 draw away to Manchester United on Wednesday night, and two days after Marshe’s dismissal, the consensus now is that the decision was the right one. Leeds supporters were starting to lose patience with their team’s prolonged string of bad performances, and there were hints of discontent when they could be heard chanting during their last two away games that they “wanted Marshe out”. It’s understandable why they weren’t satisfied from a football standpoint—the ‘whites’ played 20 games under the American coach this season, winning just four of them, losing ten, and giving up an incredible 34 goals. That represents a mere 20% win rate in percentage terms.
Marshe’s ‘American project’ proved to be a huge letdown in the end. The American, who was widely regarded as an intriguing and promising manager, had made the amazing transition from the Major League Soccer to Europe when he arrived at Elland Road. Furthermore, Victor Orta, the director of football at Leeds, never concealed the fact that, even before Bielsa was officially appointed, he was a major fan of the former coach of Salzburg and RB Leipzig and kept in constant communication with him (mostly due to Bielsa’s insistence on signing short-term deals). Elland Road was in a better mood at the beginning of this season after the thrilling second half of 2021–2022, during which the squad managed to avoid the drop on the last day.
season. Additionally, they had a successful summer transfer window, spending nearly 80 million pounds on promising players including Tyler Adams, Marca Roca, Brenden Aaronson, and Luis Sinisterra. The young American players, who along with Marshe were supposed to help Leeds achieve the “American dream,” especially thrilled the supporters.
Signings for Leeds under Marsche:
Brett Aaronson: thirty-two million
28 million for Georginio Rutter
José Luis Sinisterra: 25,000,000
Tyler Adams: 17 million
