Leeds United are looking for a new manager after sacking Jesse Marsch less than 12 months after his appointment.
Departure from Marsch after a run of just two Premier League wins since August, with Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest leaving them outside the relegation zone on goal difference.
A number of names have been linked and here BBC Sport looks at some of the potential candidates to support.
Raphael Benitez
Age: 62 Nationality: Spanish Current club: Independent
One of the most experienced managers in the game, Benitez is available after leaving Everton a year ago.
The Spaniard is familiar with the Premier League, winning the 2005 Champions League with Liverpool, the 2013 Europa League during an interim spell at Chelsea and a popular spell at Tyneside when he guided Newcastle to promotion from the Championship.
He has also worked at some of the major European clubs on his CV, including Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Napoli and Valencia.
Marcelo Bielsa
Age: 67 Nationality: Argentina Current club: Independent
The man Jesse Marsch replaced as head coach last year. Known to be keen to return to management after being recently interviewed for the Everton job.
Bielsa promoted Leeds to the Premier League and then kept them going but was sacked as they struggled last season.
Despite this, it looks like many fans would welcome him back. He would know most of the team but would he want to come back so soon?
Carlos Corberán
Age: 39 Nationality: Spanish Current club: West Bromwich Albion
The Spaniard was a manager under Bielsa before leaving in 2020 to take over at Championship side Huddersfield.
In his second season with the Terriers, he took them within a Premier League return game, but lost to Nottingham Forest in the play-off final at Wembley.
Corberan left to then take control of Greek giants Olympiacos but was sacked after just 11 games. He returned to England to take charge of West Brom and led them from the relegation zone to fight for a place in the play-offs.
Steven Gerard
Age: 42 Nationality: English Current club: Unattached
Former England captain Gerrard is out of work after being sacked as manager of Aston Villa earlier this season, with the team teetering above the relegation zone.
He lasted just 11 months at Villa Park, winning 13 of 40 games, and his time ended when supporters sang anti-Gerrard chants in his final match.
Ahead of that was Gerrard’s first managerial game in Scotland with Rangers, guiding them to a first top-flight league title since 2011 with an unbeaten campaign and breaking Celtic’s hold on the trophy.
Ralph Hasenhüttl
Age: 55 Nationality: Austrian Current club: Independent
The Austrian became Southampton manager in December 2018 and guided them out of the Premier League relegation zone and to safety.
In his second season, he led them to 11th and a total of 52 points – the Saints’ highest since 2015-16.
His time at the club was also marked by heavy defeats, with 9-0 defeats to Leicester and Manchester United, and he was dismissed in November last year with Southampton in the relegation zone, where they remain.
Prior to his time at Southampton, he led RB Leipzig to a second-place finish in the Bundesliga.
Kjetil Knutsen
Age: 54 Nationality: Norwegian Current club: FK Bodo/Glimt
Knutsen has been linked with a number of England jobs in recent months after impressing with his work at Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt, where he has been manager since 2017.
He quickly established them as a dominant force domestically and led them to their first league title of 2020. A successful defense followed while his standout result in Europe saw him oversee a 6-1 win over Roma of Jose Mourinho in the Europa League two years ago.
Mauricio Pochettino
Age: 50 Nationality: Argentina Current club: Independent
Pochettino is another manager familiar with the English top flight, leading Southampton to an eighth place in his first full season in charge.
A move to Tottenham followed where he nearly ended the north London side’s long wait for silverware, finishing runners-up in the 2016-17 title race and beaten by Liverpool in the Champions League final two years later.
Pochettino was sacked a few months later and went on to manage Ligue 1 giants Paris St-Germain, winning the league title and cup in France before leaving last summer.
Angel Postecoglou
Age: 57 Nationality: Greek-Australian Current club: Celtic
Postecoglou led Celtic to a league and cup double in 2021-22 and has them on course for more silverware as they top the Scottish Premiership, nine points clear of Rangers.
Previously, he was in charge of Australia and led the national team to the AFC Asian Cup title in 2015.
Postecoglou has been linked with a number of Premier League jobs this season but has previously declared his intention to see things through at Celtic.
Nuno Espirito Santo
Age: 49 Nationality: Portuguese Current club: Al-Ittihad
Santo has previous success at Valencia and Porto and spent four successful years at Wolves, guiding the club to promotion from the Championship in his first full season.
He then led the club to two seventh places, Wolves’ highest finishes in the Premier League, qualifying for Europe for the first time since the 1980-81 season.
Wolves reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League in 2020 but left by mutual agreement at the end of the following campaign.
An ill-fated 17-game spell at Tottenham followed, before he was appointed manager of Saudi side Al-Ittihad last July.
Thomas Tuché
Age: 49 Nationality: German Current club: Independent
It would look like an ambitious move from Leeds, but the German has been out of work since being sacked by Chelsea in September.
Tuchel led Chelsea to Champions League success in 2020-21 and won 60 of his 100 games in charge of the club, losing just 16.
Prior to his time in London, he managed Paris St-Germain and Borussia Dortmund where he boasted impressive winning percentages of 75% and 63% respectively.
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