Leeds United are yet to find their successor to Jesse Marsch to lead the side to safety over the remainder of the Premier League season and now a new update has emerged on a potential target.

What’s the latest on the Leeds manager search?

According to 90min, former Aston Villa and Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is interested in the managerial vacancy with Leeds.

As per the report, the West Yorkshire club are considering the ex-Liverpool captain as a contender after showing an interest in the role and an appealing aspect would be the return of former Leeds midfielder Gary McAllister who is part of Gerrard’s entourage.

Radrizzani could be heading for another howler

Indeed, Gerrard had an exceptional start to his managerial career in the Scottish Premiership with Rangers, going invincible and winning the league title for the first time in a decade, ending Celtic’s consecutive nine-year success.

However, the Liverpudlian’s next move to Villa Park in November 2021 may have come too soon in his career despite the instant success in Scotland, with a step up to one of the more challenging jobs in the Premier League reaching a breaking point when the young manager was sacked after just 11 months in charge.

Over his first season in 27 league outings, Gerrard picked up 10 wins, five draws and 12 losses – picking up points in the majority of the fixtures which led to a 14th-place finish.

However, it wasn’t until this season that it really began to unravel for the former Villa boss with the side having a terrible start to their campaign which left them teetering on the edge of the relegation zone.

The 42-year-old manager – dubbed a “disaster in waiting” by reporter Hunter Walker – conceded six defeats in his last 12 games in charge with the final blow coming immediately after losing 3-0 to Fulham in October.

As a result, the appointment of Gerrard at Elland Road could be an extremely risky move from the Leeds hierarchy as he has already proven that under pressure in the Premier League, he hasn’t had a good record and could be detrimental to the instant positive impact needed in the remaining 16 fixtures.

With that being said, Andrea Radrizzani should be looking at managers with much more experience and a clear philosophy to lead Leeds out of danger as hiring the wrong manager could be disastrous for the club at the end of the season.