Leeds United legend Eddie Gray believes Jesse Marsch’s arrival at the club came at just the right time to secure Premier League survival. Marsch replaced Marcelo Bielsa as the Whites’ head coach at the end of February and has helped guide them towards safety on the final day of the season.
At the time of Bielsa’s sacking, Leeds’ results had began to spiral out of control, losing five of his last six matches in charge – conceding 21 in that timeframe. Despite Bielsa’s overriding success at Elland Road, he was always a manager who preferred to keep his relationship with players on a solely professional level.
Marsch, though, has a completely different approach to man-management, as he has opened up several times in press conferences on how much he is enjoying getting to know the players. Speaking on talkSPORT, Gray believes the ‘arm around the shoulder’ is exactly what Leeds needed in order to survive.
