Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch has revealed he was first tapped by sporting director Victor Orta two years ago.
Marsch succeeded Marcelo Bielsa as new Leeds manager in February.
"The reason I came here is because two years ago the sporting director Victor Orta, during the first lockdown, set up a zoom call with me," Marsch told SiriusXM. "He said that 'we scout players and we scout coaches.
"'We always need succession plans for every position within the club and we need one for our manager as well. We evaluated our top 42 managers in Europe, their style of play, management style, and when we crunched the numbers, your name was at the top of the list'.
"He showed me the data of what Bielsa did with the team, how the team had played and showed me the data of what my teams were like and he said we think you're the perfect next manager for us. So, I was incredibly flattered at the time, I had never seen anyone do any evaluation of that on me and how I might fit somewhere and I was naturally really, really impressed.
"The more I got to know Victor and the more I got to know the project here at Leeds, I got more and more excited. That's the most important thing to understand is how do you in life find the connections that give you the opportunity to be yourself and put your principles into practise.
"That's what I have learned about this business, the more like-minded people that I can work with, the easier the job will be. And I am very lucky to have that here at Leeds."
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