He called it ‘football’ rather than ‘soccer’. He said Saturday’s visit to Leicester was an ‘away match’ not a ‘road game’. In fact, aside from one stray use of ‘roster’ instead of ‘squad’, Jesse Marsch passed his first test in English football with flying colours.
As the new manager of Leeds, Marsch faces many challenges, not least trying to avoid relegation and having to fill the shoes of the much-loved Marcelo Bielsa, who he described as a ‘living legend’.
But the 48-year-old knows he must also battle what he says is the ‘stigma’ of being an American coach in England, something made even more difficult by a certain TV show.