Leeds United: Who next for Premier League strugglers after Jesse Marsch departure?

Leeds United are connected the hunt for a caller manager aft sacking Jesse Marsch little than 12 months aft his appointment.

A fig of names person been linked and present BBC Sport takes a look astatine immoderate of the imaginable candidates to instrumentality charge.

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Rafael Benitez

Age: 62 Nationality: Spanish Current club: Unattached

One of the astir experienced managers successful the game, Benitez is disposable aft leaving Everton a twelvemonth ago.

The Spaniard is good versed with the Premier League, famously winning the 2005 Champions League with Liverpool, the 2013 Europa League during an interim spell astatine Chelsea and a fashionable spell connected Tyneside erstwhile helium guided Newcastle to promotion from the Championship.

He besides has stints astatine immoderate of Europe's large clubs connected his CV including Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Napoli and Valencia.

Marcelo Bielsa

Age: 67 Nationality: Argentine Current club: Unattached

The antheral Jesse Marsch replaced arsenic caput manager past year. Known to beryllium keen to get backmost into absorption aft being interviewed for the Everton occupation recently.

Bielsa got Leeds promoted to the Premier League and past kept them up but was sacked arsenic they struggled past season.

Despite that, it seems galore fans would invited him back. He would cognize astir of the squad but would helium privation to travel backmost truthful soon?

Carlos Corberan

Age: 39 Nationality: Spanish Current club: West Bromwich Albion

The Spaniard was a manager nether Bielsa earlier departing successful 2020 to instrumentality implicit astatine Championship broadside Huddersfield.

In his 2nd play astatine the Terriers helium took them to wrong a crippled of returning to the Premier League but mislaid retired to Nottingham Forest successful the play-off last astatine Wembley.

Corberan near to past instrumentality implicit Greek giants Olympiacos but was sacked aft conscionable 11 games. He returned to England to instrumentality complaint of West Brom and has led them from the relegation portion to warring for a spot successful the play-offs.

Steven Gerrard

Age: 42 Nationality: English Current club: Unattached

Former England skipper Gerrard is retired of enactment aft being sacked arsenic Aston Villa manager earlier this season, with the broadside teetering supra the relegation zone.

He lasted conscionable 11 months astatine Villa Park, winning 13 of 40 games, and his clip came to an extremity erstwhile supporters sang anti-Gerrard chants successful his last match.

Before that, Gerrard's archetypal managerial occupation crippled successful Scotland with Rangers, guiding them to a archetypal top-flight league rubric since 2011 with an unbeaten run and breaking Celtic's stranglehold connected the trophy.

Ralph Hasenhuttl

Age: 55 Nationality: Austrian Current club: Unattached

The Austrian became Southampton manager successful December 2018 and guided them retired of the Premier League relegation portion and to safety.

In his 2nd play helium led them to 11th and a points full of 52 - the Saints' highest since 2015-16.

His clip astatine the nine did besides diagnostic immoderate dense defeats, with 9-0 losses to Leicester and Manchester United, and helium was dismissed successful November past twelvemonth with Southampton successful the relegation zone, wherever they remain.

Prior to his clip astatine Southampton helium led RB Leipzig to a second-placed decorativeness successful the Bundesliga.

Kjetil Knutsen

Age: 54 Nationality: Norwegian Current club: FK Bodo/Glimt

Knutsen has been linked with a fig of jobs successful England successful caller months aft impressing with his enactment astatine Norwegian broadside Bodo/Glimt, wherever helium has been manager since 2017.

He rapidly established them arsenic a ascendant unit domestically and led them to their archetypal league rubric successful 2020. A palmy defence followed portion his standout effect successful Europe saw him oversee a 6-1 triumph against Jose Mourinho's Roma successful the Europa League 2 years ago.

Mauricio Pochettino

Age: 50 Nationality: Argentine Current club: Unattached

Pochettino is different manager acquainted with the English apical flight, starring Southampton to an eighth-placed decorativeness successful his archetypal afloat play successful charge.

A determination to Tottenham followed wherever helium came agonisingly adjacent to ending the northbound London side's agelong hold for silverware, finishing arsenic runners-up successful the 2016-17 rubric contention and beaten by Liverpool successful the Champions League last 2 years later.

Pochettino was dismissed conscionable months aboriginal and helium went connected to negociate Ligue 1 giants Paris St-Germain, claiming the league rubric and cupful successful France earlier leaving past summer.

Ange Postecoglou

Age: 57: Nationality: Greek-Australian Current club: Celtic

Postecoglou led Celtic to a league and cupful treble successful 2021-22 and has them connected people for much silverware arsenic they beryllium apical of the Scottish Premiership, 9 points wide of Rangers.

Previously helium was successful complaint of Australia and led the nationalist squad to AFC Asian Cup rubric successful 2015.

Postecoglou has been linked with a fig of Premier League jobs this play but has antecedently stated his volition to spot things done astatine Celtic.

Nuno Espirito Santo

Age: 49 Nationality: Portuguese Current club: Al-Ittihad

Santo has antecedently managed astatine Valencia and Porto and had a palmy four-year spell astatine Wolves, guiding the nine to promotion from the Championship successful his archetypal afloat season.

He past led the nine to 2 seventh-placed finishes, Wolves' highest placings successful the Premier League, qualifying for Europe for the archetypal clip since the 1980-81 season.

Wolves reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League successful 2020 but helium near by communal consent astatine the extremity of the pursuing campaign.

An ill-fated 17-game spell astatine Tottenham followed, earlier being appointed arsenic manager of Saudi Arabian broadside Al-Ittihad past July.

Thomas Tuchel

Age: 49 Nationality: German Current club: Unattached

It would consciousness similar an ambitious determination by Leeds but the German has been retired of enactment since helium was sacked by Chelsea backmost successful September.

Tuchel led Chelsea to Champions League occurrence successful 2020-21 and won an awesome 60 of his 100 games successful complaint of the club, losing conscionable 16.

Prior to his clip successful London, helium managed Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund wherever helium boasted awesome triumph percentages of 75% and 63% respectively.

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