Micah Richards has written in The Daily Mail that none of the Leeds United fans he has spoken to wanted the club to sack Marcelo Bielsa.
Leeds recently sacked Bielsa as their head coach and decided to appoint Jesse Marsch as his replacement.
Former Manchester City and Aston Villa defender Richards, who now works as a pundit for BBC Sport and Sky Sports, is disappointed at the decision.
The pundit has added that none of the Leeds fans he has spoken to wanted Bielsa gone.
Micah Richards on Leeds fans and Bielsa
Richards wrote: “The mood around Leeds has changed this week. I know and speak to a lot of Leeds fans and the devastation they feel about Marcelo Bielsa’s sacking is incredible. Not one of them has told me it was the right decision. I’m in full agreement.
“Leeds were naive at times under Bielsa and things needed tweaking defensively to stop the amount of goals they were conceding but I am convinced he would have kept them up and, if not, they could have made a fresh start in the summer.
“I hope Jesse Marsch can keep them in the top flight.”
Big decision
In our view, Leeds needed to do something, as results in recent weeks and months were very poor.
What was even more concerning was that there were no signs that results were going to improve under Bielsa.
Yes, Leeds were unlikely to win against the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Manchester United, but they conceded 14 goals in those games and could have shipped in more.
Now, we know that Bielsa is a legend at Leeds, who would not even be in the Premier League without him.
However, football is a results business, and the Leeds chiefs had to make the harsh decision of letting Bielsa go.
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