Journalist Will Jackson has claimed that Leeds United are unlikely to nominate Mauricio Pochettino as supervisor to switch Jesse Marsch.
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The Whites are set to enter their subsequent Premier League sport – an away journey to Old Trafford – with coaches Chris Armas, Michael Skubala and Paco Gallardo momentarily in cost.
The membership received’t need this to be the case for too lengthy and have consequently already been linked with a lot of new potential managers having solely sacked Marsch on Monday.
Indeed, in The Guardian (through MOT Leeds News), it was claimed {that a} move for the unattached Pochettino might have “great appeal”. Although it was additionally identified that it’s “unclear” at this stage if he would even take into account the job.
While talking about such discuss on a LeedsLive video stream, Jackson stated: “In phrases of Premier League expertise, I’ve seen lots of people saying about Pochettino as nicely.
“Whether he’d come to Leeds, I’m not so sure. He’s a big name and he’s going to command a fair fee, isn’t he? A fair wage.”
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Seeing because the Whites are presently down in the direction of the very backside of the Premier League desk, positioned seventeenth within the division, and look set for a relegation battle, it’s unclear if Pochettino could be up for the job.
After all, his final position was at French giants Paris Saint-Germain the place he received Ligue 1 and different main trophies. What’s extra, in spells at Southampton after which Tottenham Hotspur he by no means completed decrease than 14th – whereas taking Spurs to a second-placed end in 2016/17 – so it’s maybe unlikely he’d be that eager to hitch a membership so low within the division given his present stature in administration.
As evidenced by his stats above, if Leeds can land Pochettino it will actually be a serious coup for the membership. However, that discuss appears to be just a little fanciful and so it could be sensible to not get any hopes up over this hearsay.
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