Jesse Marsch arrives in Leeds, deal was verbally agreed last week – Ben Jacobs
Jesse Marsch has arrived in Leeds ahead of taking the vacant manager position at Elland Road, according to Ben Jacobs.
The CBS journalist has reported that a deal to replace Marcelo Bielsa was verbally agreed last week before he was sacked.
Bielsa was shown the door on Sunday morning, with Andrea Radrizzani making the decision after the 4-0 defeat against Spurs.
Writing on his personal Twitter account, Jacobs shared that a deal was all but done for Marsch to take the reigns.
“Jesse Marsch to Leeds is almost a done deal,” he said.
“Terms fully agreed and all that’s stopping an announcement is a work permit. Told Marsch now in Leeds and had lined up a verbal agreement at least a week before the loss to Spurs.”
Here we go.
So, it looks as though we are waiting on the work permit to go through.
Once that happens, the media obligations, as well as the announcement, will take place and we have to all move on.
Bielsa left behind a legacy in West Yorkshire, not just at Elland Road, and it is down to Marsch to honour that by keeping us in the division.
The Premier League is not an easy league, but the American will need to learn quickly with games coming thick and fast.
It is Leicester, Aston Villa and Norwich first up, and we need some wins sooner rather than later to get away from that bottom three.
Time to get behind Marsch and the lads.
In other Leeds United news, Jeff Stelling has shared what he has been told about the injury blow to Patrick Bamford over the past week