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RB Leipzig have moved quickly to replace the Bayern Munich-bound Julian Nagelsmann, with American coach Jesse Marsch set to join from Red Bull Salzburg at the end of the season. How will Leipzig line up under the new man?
Marsch is already familiar with many of the players at the other Red Bull Arena, having acted as assistant to Ralf Rangnick in the 2018/19 season before his successful spell as first-team coach in Salzburg, whom he led to the double of Austrian Bundesliga and Cup in 2020 - something he is on course to replicate in the current campaign.
Of Leipzig s average first XI this season, seven of them - Peter Gulacsi, Willi Orban, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Tyler Adams, Marcel Sabitzer and Kevin Kampl - were at the club when Marsch last was. However, Leipzig were largely a 4-4-2 team back then, and Nagelsmann has used the same personnel in radically different ways in his 22 months at the helm.