Ian Wright has stated that Leeds United need someone of the ilk of Aston Villa’s Unai Emery after Jesse Marsch was sacked as manager on Monday.
The Arsenal legend added that Emery, who replaced Steven Gerrard in the Villa dugout before the World Cup, is someone who will cook in the Midlands and Leeds now need a man of his experience, as he told Premier League Productions (06/02/23 at 2:55 pm).
Despite Villa’s defeat to Leicester City over the weekend, which keeps them in 11th spot in the Premier League table, the team has had a change in fortune since the former Arsenal boss took charge, including beating Manchester United, Tottenham and Leeds United.
That game a number of weeks ago just summed up Marsch’s side, whilst they were the better team during large periods of the match, they just weren’t clinical enough in the final third, nor did they have the quality to keep the ball out of the back of the net.
That’s why they are hovering above the relegation zone on goal difference only, albeit, they do have a game in hand on 18th-placed Everton.
That game in hand is against Manchester United on Wednesday night at Old Trafford, before the duo meet again, this time at Elland Road, where Leeds surely would want a new face in the dugout, as Wright made it clear what road they should go down.
“They need someone to come in and have the kind of energy of an Unai Emery,” said Wright. “They need a manager that’s experienced.
“A European manager that’s not going to panic in this situation by going to a Leeds. You need somebody that’s going to be very stable in his thinking. Confident in his coaching.
“I am telling you, Villa will do what they need to do with that manager. That’s where I think they need to go now. They have gone down the Bielsa rock n roll and he has come, then with the American vibe as well – after watching them, I am not getting them. They need stability.”
MARSCH HAS NO EXCUSES
Some may argue that Leeds have just come out of the transfer window, where Marsch was heavily backed, and that he should have been allowed to work with his new players.
Well, if the results aren’t good enough, then this ruthless business will eat you up.
At the end of the day, whilst the performances were on the table post-World Cup, the results weren’t.
Added to that, neither the performances nor results were on the table pre-World Cup, so that’s what has cost him his job.
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