Jesse Marsch was reportedly close to returning to the English Premier League with Leicester City, but the club has already made its new decision for the remainder of the season.
Leicester City hired Dean Smith as its new manager on Monday just one day after the Foxes talks with Marsch broke down. Multiple outlets reported Friday of Leicester’s original talks with Marsch following Brendan Rodgers’ sacking last weekend.
Marsch, 49, was most recently in charge of Leeds United over the past year helping the Yorkshire club avoid relegation back to the EFL Championship. However, Leeds United only won 11 of Marsch’s 37 matches in charge, registering a -8 goal differential over that span before his firing in February.
Despite the arrival of fellow American Weston McKennie in January, Marsch was replaced by Javi Gracia. Marsch also helped bring USMNT midfielders Tyler Adams and Brenden Aaronson to Elland Road since last summer.
Marsch also held manager spells with Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig before his move to England last year as Marcelo Bielsa’s replacement.
Smith was last manager of Norwich City this EFL Championship season before being fired in December.
Leicester City is currently in the bottom three in the EPL standings, with only Southampton sitting lower than them in the 20-team table.
Good, Marsch doesn’t need to go to a worse team in the EPL. The Foxes are worse than the team he got fired from. Get hired, only to get blamed for not keeping the team up in the last month and half of the season. That job is for the birds. Having a fresh start with a new team and have a preseason to get to know your players is a better route.
Well looks like no team wants to have his demands.
Also your main page isn’t getting updated. Still shows articles from last week/weekend. Just want to point that out.
Hmmmm…., can’t wait to see what Americans he brings in for next season.
Can Marsch keep them up?
Aaron Long
if true, I’ll watch the English Phake League again
no league in the world suffers more biased officiating…which is really saying something when you consider the NBA, NFL, CBB (is it even college basketball anymore btw?), La Liga, Serie A, etc.