Leeds line up three managers to replace Marcelo Bielsa including ex-Barcelona boss if highly-rated coach quits in summer
LEEDS UNITED are reportedly planning for life without Marcelo Bielsa – and they’ve identified THREE candidates to replace the Argentine.
Bielsa’s contract with the Whites expires in the summer and talks over a new deal have yet to begin.
And the Leeds brass have lined up THREE potential replacements for the 66-year-old should he decide against signing a new deal.
According to The Telegraph, Jesse Marsch, Ernesto Valverde and Carlos Corberan will be sought out should Bielsa leave Elland Road in five months’ time.
Highly-regarded American Marsch is currently a free agent following his departure from RB Leipzig last December.
Valverde, meanwhile, has been out of management since he was given the boot by Barcelona in January 2020.
Unlike Marsch and Valverde, Corberan is currently in employment with Championship outfit Huddersfield Town.
Town are flying high in fifth place in the Championship and are on course to feature in the end-of-season play-offs.
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Bielsa penned a new one-year deal at Elland Road last summer.
And the veteran manager did so as he believed he could better Leeds’ ninth-place finish last season.
He said last month: “I focus on the performance of the team, and the weaknesses that we have shown were precisely the ones I had worked on to elevate us from last season.
“So when I made the decision to work here for one more year, it was because I had the conviction that the team could be better.
“That depended on some decisions and developments. I wanted the developments to help the team to grow – but I haven’t achieved it.
“The situations we have had to go through, I wasn’t able to resolve them as I thought I would.”
Leeds will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, travelling to Goodison Park to take on Everton.
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