RB Leipzig have named Jesse Marsch as coach from subsequent season, changing Julian Nagelsmann who’s becoming a member of Bayern Munich, after the American agreed a two-year deal, the membership mentioned on Thursday.
The 47-year-old Marsch, who was an assistant coach at Leipzig in 2018/19, will be a part of from sister membership RB Salzburg, the place he gained the Austrian league and Cup double final season.
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From 2015 to 2018 Marsch had coached one other Red Bull-owned membership, the New York Red Bulls. Marsch can be the primary U.S. coach to have managed within the Champions League, with Salzburg.
āJesse has done outstanding work everywhere he has worked so far,ā mentioned Leipzigās Head of soccer Oliver Mintzlaff. āHe has stored creating and it’s clearly a bonus that he has labored at RB Leipzig for a yr previously.
āJesse knows the club, the city, but most of all the philosophy of the team and the playing style,ā he mentioned.
Nagelsmann this week introduced his departure for Bayern on the finish of the season having signed a five-year contract.
Marsch has massive footwear to fill in Leipzig, with 33-year-old Nagelsmann final season having led the crew to 3rd place within the Bundesliga and the Champions League semi-finals with high-octane urgent and attacking soccer that has gained over many followers.
They are presently second within the standings, seven factors behind leaders Bayern with three video games left, and may nonetheless win their first trophy, having reached the German Cup semi-finals.