Premier League manager told he has ‘two games’ to save his job

Darren Bent believes Jesse Marsch only has two games left to save his job as Leeds manager.

Last season, he came on as a replacement for Marcelo Bielsa and helped the club miraculously avoid relegation. However, they are off to the worst possible start this season, with the club winning just two of their 11 games and sitting 18th in the table.

If Jesse Marsch can’t turn things around, Leeds will once again be in the middle of another relegation battle. But despite the poor start and mounting pressure, the American has insisted that his team’s performances deserve more points than they have.

He said:

“If you go game by game and you look at the fact that we haven’t won in eight games based on how we’ve performed in all eight games, it’s almost impossible to believe that two points is all we’ve won.”

While Marsch is optimistic about the future, Darren Bent believes he only has two games left to save his job as the pressure mounts. He believes Leeds will lose to Liverpool, even though the Reds are also out of form, but he has stated that a loss to the Cherries could be decisive.

While talking to talkSPORT Drive,

“If they are beaten at Liverpool, which I think they could do, if they are beaten by Bournemouth with that big World Cup gap coming up, I think they will move away from him.

“If they don’t get all three points from those games, he will be fired. They need to beat Bournemouth.”

According to Football Insider, Leeds are “paving the way” behind the scenes for a change in management and a list of “potential replacements” have been shortlisted.

There is a ‘growing sense’ at Elland Road that the American will not be ‘in charge beyond the World Cup break in mid-November’.

The fans are running out of patience and the stadium sounded like ‘take out the blackboard’ and ‘what’s going on?’ chants after Sunday’s loss to Fulham. The fans also chanted against the coach.

Club bosses are well aware of the supporters’ rage and desperation and that is likely to “play a role in the decision” expected to be made in the coming days.