At 19:00 Beijing time on February 27, Leeds United officially announced that the 66-year-old Bielsa was dismissed and the two sides ended their four-year partnership.
23 hours after losing 4-0 at home to Tottenham, Bielsa officially stepped down. It is understood that Leeds United will officially announce the new manager on Monday local time. Bielsa will most likely be former Leipzig manager Jesse Marsh.
The 66-year-old Bielsa took over Leeds United in 2018 and spent two years leading Leeds United back to the Premier League after a gap of 16 years. In the first season of the Premier League, Leeds United finished 9th in the league, and Bielsa also renewed his contract for a year. Unfortunately, Bielsa was unable to fulfill the last 4 months of his contract at Leeds United.
Bielsa was not wronged, Leeds United was just beaten 6-0 by Liverpool in the last round, and humiliated by Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at home this round, and were beaten 10-0 in both games. Recently, Bielsa's side has been reduced to a cash machine, losing 5 of their last 6 games and only scoring 1 point. Leeds United are completely defenseless on the defensive end, conceding a total of 20 goals in the last five rounds, averaging four goals per game. However, the offensive football that Bielsa wanted could not be played, and three of the last four league games had been kept clean by the opponent.
With just one point in the last six rounds, Leeds United are already infinitely close to the relegation zone. They played 2 rounds compared to the bottom 3 burnledo, but were only 3 points ahead. If Bielsa is not decisively fired at this time, Leeds United is likely to be on a relegation process.
Bielsa became the eighth Premier League manager to step down this season, with the last Premier League manager being Watford's Ranieri. Prior to Leeds United, seven Premier League teams– Tottenham, Norwich, Villa, Newcastle, Manchester United, Everton and Watford – were all coached.