Leeds United are set to appoint former RB Leipzig boss Jesse Marsch as their new head coach.
The American, who has additionally coached New York Red Bulls and Red Bull Salzburg, left the German membership in December final yr after a five-month spell.
The 48-year-old will succeed Marcelo Bielsa, who was sacked on Sunday, as soon as a piece allow is finalised.
Leeds sit sixteenth within the Premier League desk, two factors above the relegation zone, following a run of heavy defeats.
After leaving Major League Soccer facet New York Red Bulls in 2018, Marsch first joined RB Leipzig as Ralf Rangnick’s assistant earlier than being appointed at RB Salzburg in June 2019.
He loved a profitable spell in Salzburg successful a league and cup double in his first season.
He was additionally a part of the event of striker Erling Braut Haaland earlier than the Norway striker joined Borussia Dortmund in 2019.
He then returned to Leipzig in April final yr, this time as head coach when he took over from Julian Nagelsmann who left to handle Bayern Munich.
Marsch, who has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Celtic previously, accomplished his Uefa Pro Licence in Scotland.
