Bundesliga club RB Leipzig has given coach Jesse Marsch leave of absence. The Saxons announced on Sunday (December 5th, 2021). The separation was amicable and “the result of an in-depth analysis and intensive discussions after the Bundesliga away game against Union Berlin,” said RB in an official press release.
For the time being, assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer will prepare the team for the upcoming home game against Manchester City on Tuesday. A successor solution for Marsch should be presented as soon as possible.
Mintzlaff: “Unfortunately not the desired development”
“The separation from Jesse Marsch was not easy for us, because I really appreciate Jesse as a person and a coach. It is a shame that it did not work out as hoped in this constellation and that this step has now become necessary because unfortunately the desired development and thus also the necessary results for our season goals have not been achieved “, explained RB managing director Oliver Mintzlaff.
We are currently following our own standards and now want to set a new impetus with this decision
Position eleven and CL-Aus
This season, RB has rarely been able to convince. In the Bundesliga, the reigning runner-up is only in eleventh place. There has been no win in seven games away in the league. In the Champions League, it’s over after the preliminary round. “At the moment we are chasing our own demands and now want to set new impulses with this decision. Regardless of that, I now also see our players’ duty and expect our team, which is very strong in terms of sport, to keep their potential and theirs more consistently than before Calls for quality on the pitch, “said Mintzlaff, who” expressly “thanked the march for his work.
Marsch himself regretted the ongoing sporting crisis under his leadership. “Up until the very end, I had the hope that after a restless start to the season and changeable performances as a group, we would find more unity and stability and turn the proverbial course around. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it.”
Record replacement and “dream solution” march
Ralf Rangnick’s former assistant coach Marsch only returned to Leipzig as head coach of RB Salzburg in the summer and succeeded Julian Nagelsmann, who had moved on to FC Bayern. The coach-record transfer fee of at least 15 million euros and the commitment of, according to Mintzlaff, “desired solution” Marsch saw the Leipzigers as a good deal. Especially since RBL boss Oliver Mintzlaff had been in professional contact with Marsch for a long time.
As a child of his own stable with stints at the New York Red Bulls, Rasenballsport Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg, the 48-year-old seemed to be made for the chief position at the most important club. Hardly more than five months later, it’s all over again.