Cameron Toshack has admitted that he had a "fantastic" experience as Leeds United assistant manager alongside Jesse Marsch during their time together at the club.
Toshack joined Marsch at Leeds in 2022 following Marcelo Bielsa's dismissal. The pair would spend nearly 12-months at Elland Road together before the American head coach was eventually sacked following a poor run of form that saw Leeds having won just four Premier League matches since the start of the season.
Despite a disappointing conclusion, Toshack has fondly reflected on the time he spent working with Marsch and admitted that he would welcome a return to coaching together should the opportunity arise.
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"I was extremely fortunate to be offered the opportunity to go and work alongside Jesse Marsch in the Premier League, which is the biggest and best league in the world," he told Wales Online.
"I have to say, a great club, a massive football club with super supporters. Six-and-a-half thousand at Cardiff recently for an away game, that's incredible. The people at the club, everybody's aligned.
"It's the club of Yorkshire, if you like. It's a one-club city, but even in the surrounding areas, it's all Leeds. From an experience point of view and the people I worked with there, it was fantastic.
"To be involved there and to set up game plans with elite international players at the highest level, not many coaches have the opportunity to do that. I personally feel that, now, compared to 12 months ago, I'm a far better coach and a lot more rounded in the manner in which I would set teams up."
Toshack knew Marsch prior to his arrival at Leeds and admitted he was attracted to work alongside him at Leeds due to the high-intensity style that the Whites could offer.
"I met Jesse about seven years ago at New York Red Bulls and we've been in touch ever since," added Toshack.
"I always wanted to know, having spent seven years working at Swansea City alongside the likes of Michael Laudrup and having watched the likes of Brendan Rodgers and Roberto Martinez, the possession side of it and attacking, creating chances, the Swansea Way if you like. I was always interested in that transition moment.
"Clearly, everyone who knows about football, the Red Bull model is very much that. High intensity. At Leeds, our figures showed we were the most intense team in the Premier League, which is something we were proud of.
"So I wanted to go and work in an environment, ideally, with a team that gets the ball, are intense, and having linked up with Jesse, latterly at RB Leipzig, I had an opportunity to go and work with him in the Bundesliga, but that fell through. But when the opportunity came up to go to Leeds, who were in a bit of trouble at the time, it was a no-brainer for me to go and work in that environment."
Although their time together has since ended, Toshack has not ruled out the possibility of a return to working with Marsch should the opportunity arise.
"Jesse and I have spoken about the potential of working together again, I would welcome that if it came along," he said.
"But, that said, Jesse knows my goal is to be a head coach. When an opportunity comes up in the Premier League to be an assistant manager, you take it. It was great for me when it came up, to go in and add value, purpose and improve things, which I think we did, even though they're in a place where they're fighting now.
"So I could be working with Jesse moving forward, but I'm certainly looking at other opportunities to be a head coach on my own, and Jesse was very supportive throughout that process. He always said 'if something comes up for you to be a head coach, I'll be fully supportive', as he did with Mark Jackson whose gone to MK Dons and done well."
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