Leeds contemplating SACKING Javi Gracia – 10 weeks after he changed Jesse Marsch – after run of 5 video games with no win… with Lee Bowyer one title who may emerge as an possibility
- Leeds are narrowly above the underside three after 4-1 loss in opposition to Bournemouth
- Javi Gracia’s facet have earned only one level from their final 5 league video games
- Leeds supporters issued a no confidence vote within the membership’s board and supervisor
Leeds United are contemplating sacking Javi Gracia in a determined bid to keep away from relegation with 4 video games to go.
The Spaniard was solely appointed 10 weeks in the past however Sunday’s 4-1 give up at Bournemouth was Leeds’ fourth defeat in 5, and they’re out of the drop zone on aim distinction alone.
Mail Sport understands Leeds proprietor Andrea Radrizzani is now weighing up making one other managerial change within the hope {that a} new voice can spark the gamers into life earlier than it’s too late.
He has requested his director of soccer Victor Orta to see if he can discover a firefighter to usher in earlier than Saturday’s go to to league leaders Manchester City.
Former Watford boss Gracia arrived at Elland Street on a ‘versatile’ contract in February following the sacking of Jesse Marsch.
Leeds are contemplating Javi Gracia’s future after they earned one level from 5 league video games
A 4-1 loss at Bournemouth leaves Leeds perilously poised some extent above the relegation zone
He received three of his first six Premier League video games however his job now seems to be untenable after followers turned on him after the defeat on the Vitality Stadium on Sunday.
The membership’s supporters advisory board launched a press release ‘asking for rapid modifications to be made to the first-team coach’, and Gracia himself admitted he didn’t know if he would nonetheless be in cost this week.
Orta is now mentioned to be scouring choices in Spain and Holland for a alternative for Gracia.
However former Leeds midfielder Lee Bowyer has additionally been talked about by sources near the membership. The 46-year-old, who’s at the moment out of labor after being sacked by Birmingham final summer season, is within the job.
Present Leeds coach Michael Skubala may even be requested to take caretaker cost once more, having overseen three video games earlier this season, which included a draw at Manchester United.
The Whites are in freefall, having conceded 23 objectives in April — a Premier League file for a single month. They’ve a frightening relegation run-in, with Saturday’s go to to Metropolis adopted by a house sport in opposition to third-placed Newcastle, a visit to West Ham after which a final-day conflict with Tottenham at Elland Street.
Radrizzani confirmed his frustration on the state of affairs in a direct message to a fan on Twitter, by which he wrote: ‘I’m accountable for this s***. Unacceptable. You do not deserve this.’
One title being talked about by sources near the membership is former Leeds participant Lee Bowyer
In an extra signal of the disaster engulfing the membership, Leeds’ gamers had been on Monday compelled to situation a grovelling apology.
It got here after a video went viral of them showing to disregard followers — together with an eight-year-old boy — as they left their workforce resort to journey to the Vitality Stadium on Sunday.
‘Phrases cannot specific how sorry we’re that the teen within the video sporting the Leeds equipment will not be proven extra love from the squad,’ mentioned the gamers in a press release.
‘On a matchday, we do an activation stroll, earlier than and after this we cease for pictures and autographs to make sure we work together with followers, but additionally that we’re on time when leaving for video games.
‘Nonetheless, there is no such thing as a excuse for not acknowledging followers and if the mother and father of the fan sporting the Leeds equipment within the video may make themselves recognized to us, we’d be grateful.’