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Just when you thought he was out, they pulled him back in. Big Sam is on the verge of a return to the Premier League, and he will need to be more ruthless than ever before if he is to pull off what might be his greatest escape.
That is saying something, considering Sam Allardyce, last seen relegating West Bromwich Albion in 2021, is taking the reins at a Leeds side that are not actually in the relegation zone with four games remaining. Had Javi Gracia stayed in post, however, it would have been a matter of when not if the Yorkshire giants slipped into the bottom three and subsequently the Championship. Having sacked Jesse Marsch on February 6, they picked up 10 points, all of which came in the Spaniard’s first six games in charge. In the five that followed they earned just one more.
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In this, of all seasons, it takes something to be the Premier League’s crisis club. Leeds might have drawn level with Tottenham in that regard, not only are they now on to their third head coach of the campaign, but they have also parted ways with director of football Victor Orta just as they were changing head coach.
Crucially, Gracia was unable to plug the gaps in a defense that had been leaky under his American…
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