Former Leeds United forward Mike Grella has claimed Jesse Marsch is the best manager the Whites could have hired to replace the departed Marcelo Bielsa. It has already proved to be a successful arrival so far as the new boss at Elland Road has been able to stop the rot and pull his new side away from the relegation zone.
The job is far from over with six games left of the season but, with an eight-point cushion to the bottom three, they are in a great position to secure safety. Grella is a man familiar with both Leeds and Marsch, having played for the club for two and a half years and under his fellow American at New York Red Bulls for almost three years.
He believes it is a match made in heaven but admitted that his reaction to the appointment probably came too soon following Bielsa’s departure. He told the Official Leeds United Podcast : “I came out on Twitter and said something like ‘you guys are getting a top manager’ because I know how good he is, I worked with him for three years.
