Former Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool shot stopper Brad Friedel believes Jesse Marsch's playing style lends itself to the Premier League. There were some question marks over the American's appointment following a disappointing spell in Germany, but the Leeds United boss guided the club to safety last season and they've made a steady start to the current campaign.
"Jesse Marsch is an outstanding coach," Friedel told Betway. "He has taken his time learning the game. He has learned from some outstanding minds.
"He was in a Red Bull’s system where they had a lot of educational tools at his disposal. He had some very good minds that were teaching him as well. He got some incredible experience in Austria and Germany.
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"His time in Germany wasn’t long, but sometimes when you are in these adverse conditions, you learn even more. His style of coaching really lends itself to the Premier League.
"He can play a high-pressing system, he can play in a lower block, but with a lot of intensity, and he can also counter attack. The fans in England will enjoy watching it, because it is not a sit-back, boring type of football.
"Jesse is an intense figure. He has caused a couple of rumbles so far, but the British public really enjoys that. They like intensity, they like when people show passion."
Friedel himself was once part of the youth set-up with the United States and admits he could see the Whites' head coach taking over the reins with the international side in the future.
"Could I see him coaching the US some day?" he said. "Absolutely, the way that his trajectory has gone. Whether he wants to or not at some stage in his career, that is another question, because being a national team coach is very different than being a club team coach.
"You have a lot of time off. I've spoken to Gregg Berhalter about it, because he has obviously been a club coach as well, and Gregg is still really young in terms of being a national team coach. You have a lot of downtime compared to what you do with club coaching day-to-day.
"I know Jesse, but I am not a close, personal friend where I talk to him all the time and know what he wants to do. But I could see, if the job ever came up again and he put his name in the ring, or US Soccer want to go interview him, yeah. In the group of 45 to 55-year-old coaches in the US, he is right up there with the best."
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