Marcelo Bielsa was fired as Leeds supervisor on Sunday after one other heavy loss dropped the crew to inside two factors of the Premier League relegation zone.
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“I have to act in the best interest of the club and I believe a change is required now in order to secure our Premier League status,” Leeds chairman Andrea Radrizzani mentioned. “Recent results and performances have not met our expectations.”
Leeds mentioned it goals to announce the Argentine coach’s successor on Monday.
A 4-0 loss at house to Tottenham got here on the finish of a seven-day stretch wherein Leeds was additionally defeated 4-2 by Manchester United and thrashed 6-0 at Liverpool.
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 27, 2022
Leeds is in its second season again within the high division, the place Bielsa led the Yorkshire crew after it spent 16 years within the decrease leagues following relegation in 2004 caused by monetary mismanagement.
Leeds plans what it calls a “permanent tribute” at Elland Road to the coach who led the northern English membership for almost 4 years in his first job in English soccer.
Leeds United can verify the membership have parted firm with head coach Marcelo Bielsa
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 27, 2022
In its two years within the Premier League, Leeds has been some of the thrilling groups to look at, scoring plenty of targets and contemplating much more due to Bielsa’s hard-running and adventurous strategy of attacking in waves and urgent man-to-man all around the subject.
— Leeds United (@LUFC) February 27, 2022
It has appeared naïve at occasions, particularly towards the massive groups, however Bielsa has refused to eschew his longstanding philosophy that influenced the likes of Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino.
Leeds has conceded 20 targets in 5 video games in February. That’s a Premier League report for targets allowed in a single month.
“We find ourselves in a precarious league position and I feel now is the right time to bring in a new head coach, in order to have an impact in the decisive stage of the season,” Radrizzani mentioned. “Naturally, myself, along with everyone else at the club would like to thank Marcelo for his efforts and achievements and we wish him the very best for the future.”
English soccer will lose a charismatic supervisor who famously — and sometimes entertainingly — continued to talk by way of a translator and who was the topic of a controversial episode that noticed Bielsa admit to sending an intern from Leeds, then enjoying within the second-tier Championship, to look at an opponent’s coaching session earlier than a sport.
Leeds was fined 200,000 kilos ($270,000), which Bielsa paid out of his personal pocket.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
