Reports: Jesse Marsch to be named new Southampton manager

According to multiple reports Jesse Marsch will become the new manager of Premier League club Southampton.

Marsch was fired just a week ago by Leeds United after a run of two wins from 17 Premier League games which has them hovering just above the relegation zone. The American coach had been in charge at Leeds for just under a year and saved them from relegation on the final day of last season.

The Guardian, The Athletic, Sky Sports, Fabrizio Romano and the BBC have all reported that Jesse Marsch has agreed to become Saints’ new boss after positive talks were held on Monday.

Per our partners in the UK at Sky Sports, Marsch is okay with signing a short-term contract to try and save Southampton from relegation this season and the club is happy with that too. It is believed he could be in charge this weekend for their trip to Chelsea on Saturday (watch live, 10am ET on Peacock Premium).

Just a week after being fired by Leeds, this is a great chance for Marsch to stay in the Premier League. But can he keep Southampton up?

Despite all of their struggles they are just four points from safety. With 16 games to go, this is not an impossible task but it is a very tough one and they have such a young, inexperienced squad.

But this isn’t just a knee-jerk reaction from Southampton. They have tracked Marsch, and wanted him, for a very long time.

Stylistically the entire club was set up to play a high-pressing 4-2-2-2 formation for many years under Ralph Hasenhuttl. When they hired Nathan Jones in November they went away from that philosophy but it appears Saints want to make it easier on their playing squad and want a quick return to the Hasenhuttl era tactics.

Marsch is the perfect man to implement it given his many years in the Red