Jesse Marsch had been through a rollercoaster of emotions when the final whistle blew at Brentford on the final day of the season. Leeds United had pulled off survival on the final day to ensure their Premier League status for the 2022/23 campaign. Speaking after the win over Brentford on the final day of the season,
Jesse Marsch said: “We all need to take a little break, we’ve earned it. It’s been a stressful time but we’re going to have a meeting in the next couple of days and we’re going to talk about how to build this roster and continue to build this club in a way that we want to represent moving forward. I think there’s still so much potential and teams always change, that’s a fact, but from the academy all the way up, we need to focus on the infrastructure and maximise the potential of what we can become every day. Now we have an opportunity to do that. From the beginning, when Victor asked me to come, I went through it with you guys, at first I was like ‘no’. Then I thought about it for 24 hours and it was an opportunity. My focus was to keep us up but it’s been a very important three months for me and my connection to the future of this club. I know the players more, I know the club more, I know the people that work within the club, I know the fans, I know the community, I’m much more aware of exactly what we are and where I want to take it. That’s how I treated it from the beginning but I was laser focused on achieving this goal.”
