Marcelo Bielsa’s sacking at Leeds could help Newcastle in their pursuit of Premier League survival

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Newcastle United will potentially benefit from Leeds United’s decision to sack Marcelo Bielsa.

The Whites have decided to part company with the Argentinian tactician, after a poor run of results.

The killer blow came yesterday from Tottenham Hotspur, who ran out 4-0 winners at Elland Road.

That was Leeds’ eighth defeat in their last 11 Premier League games, and they have conceded a boat-load of goals in the process.

Newcastle’s victory over Brentford yesterday has seen the Magpies leapfrog Leeds in the table.

Eddie Howe’s men are now two points clear of Leeds, and have a game in hand on them.

It is going to be fascinating to see whether Leeds’ decision to part company with Bielsa will pay off. It’s definitely a big gamble.

The word is that Jesse Marsch will be the man to come in, and the former manager of RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg obviously doesn’t have any previous Premier League experience.

Leeds fans will desperately hope he can turn things around, but there is every chance he’ll struggle.

Bielsa’s recent results were really poor, but there is no denying how much all the players and fans loved him.

He was a hugely popular figure, and him leaving potentially leaves a dark cloud over the club.

It could be tough for the Leeds players to respond to a new man coming in at this stage of the season with totally different ideas to Bielsa.

Newcastle could benefit from Leeds sacking Marcelo Bielsa

Leeds only have 12 games left to play now.

It is far from an ideal situation they have, and taking the decision to change manager at this stage of the season is huge.

Things have been going very badly for Leeds in recent weeks and one could argue that Marsch – if he is to be Bielsa’s successor – can’t do much worse.

But it’ll potentially be very difficult to turn things around in such a short space of times.

Newcastle of course, are still fighting for their Premier League lives.

But disarray at a relegation rival surely has to be seen as a boost for their own survival chances.