Bielsa on the brink of being sacked by Leeds following string of poor results

The Athletic have reported former RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch is being sounded out as his replacement after yet another drubbing for the Yorkshire outfit.

It's been a miserable period for the club, who suffered a 4-0 demolition by Tottenham on Saturday afternoon to leave them at serious risk of Premier League relegation.

The defeat was followed by recent heavy losses to Liverpool in which they shipped six goals, and against Manchester United where they also conceded four.

The report also stated Marsch had been sought out as a replacement for the Argentine in the summer, but that process could now be accelerated if Bielsa is sacked by the club.

Should Bielsa leave, it will be a hard pill for Leeds fans to swallow following his appointment in 2018.

After a 16 year absence, the iconic coach guided the club back to the Premier League in 2020, and saw his Leeds side become one of the most entertaining teams in the division.

He guided them to ninth in their first season back in the top flight last term, but unfortunately his side have not fared well in this campaign.

Leeds have the worst defence in the league having conceded 60 goals in 26 games, which has seen them slide to 16th in the league. They sit just three points above 18th placed Burnley, who have two games in hand.

Former Leeds defender Micky Gray was at Elland Road for talkSPORT and he said all does not look well behind the scenes of his old club.

And he claimed the players have simply lost trust in Bielsa's plan.

He told talkSPORT: "What's that, 20 goals in the last five games? There's something not right. That's not saying to me this is a team showing fight to stay in the Premier League.

"We've enjoyed the football that we saw from them last season when they were winning games… but we've been saying it since Leeds United got back into the Premier League - where's that Plan B?

"As players, how can you believe in what you're seeing right now? You come into the Premier League and yes it's great to have them back after 16 years of trying, but they can't be enjoying this.

"Certain parts of this stadium are starting to lose faith in Mercelo Bielsa. If you stick with him for the final 12 games of the season, the next manager who comes in might be managing in the Championship.

"And from what I've seen this afternoon, that is going to be the case.

"Your foundations have to be right as a football team. If you're not scoring enough goals to win matches, you have to try and keep clean sheets. They've only kept two or three clean sheets over the whole season, which is clearly not good enough.

"Sides are enjoying coming to Elland Road, and you shouldn't enjoy coming here and having such an easy right. It's been too easy.

"My old football club, I'm really worried for them. Apart from Raphinha, I don't know where the goals are going to come from and just cannot see how they can clean sheets. I've just witnessed a game where I'm still scratching my head as to what system leeds were playing. Bielsa made three changes to the system in the first half.

"The supporters will always stay with them, but there's a point in the time when you have to point the finger at the manager or the players, and I'm not seeing anything from the players at all.

"Biela has said he wouldn't walk away from this club, but Leeds performances from their last three are the kind that make you walk away from a club.

"He must know he's not getting what he wants or needs to get out of his team at the moment. He's been at the club a while now, but he's not getting anything out of that team.

"It's not working for them, and the experienced players have maybe got to go to the manager and say' whatever we're doing at the moment is not working, we're not comfortable with the system and we need to change things up'.

"Because if they don't they are going to be playing Championship football next season."