If Leeds players thought they could finally catch their breath after four brutal years under Marcelo Bielsa, wait until they find out what their new manager has in store.
‘He loved us to do the running first,’ says Lloyd Sam, the former Leeds and Charlton winger, who played under new Whites boss Jesse Marsch at New York Red Bulls. ‘He was not opposed to playing, but the first thing was you had to be able to run.’
Running, of course, is something Leeds stars have become rather accustomed to since 2018. Bielsa built a running track around their Thorp Arch training complex and famously put on ‘murderball’ matches, where the ball was continuously in play and players would have to sprint back to designated cones.