Leeds United announce caretaker coaching team for Premier League trip to Manchester United

The American was dismissed after a run of two wins in 17 league games, along with coaches Cameron Toshack and Rene Maric and Pierre Barrieu.

The Whites are understood to be keen to appoint a permanent successor quickly with an important run of fixtures ahead.

Back-to-back Premier League games against their bitterest rivals this week are followed by league matches against two of the three teams below them in the table, Everton and Southampton. They then face a trip to Fulham or Sunderland in the FA Cup fifth round.

Carlos Corberan has been tipped for a third job change in 12 months, and Rayo Vallecano's Andoni Iraola has also been linked to the vacancy.

Corberan joined Leeds as their under-23s coach in 2017 but had first-team responsibilities added to his brief under Marcelo Bielsa. He left to manage Huddersfield Town in 2020, and took them to last season's Championship play-off final.

Unhappy at what he saw as insufficient transfer backing, Corberan left in the summer. The Terriers have been in the Championship relegation zone ever since.

His move to Olympiacos backfired, sacked after 11 games in which they failed to qualify for the Champions League, but he has since impressed at West Bromwich Albion, quickly transforming them from relegation to play-off candidates.

Iraola was sacked two months into his first job, winless at Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, but took CD Mirandes to the Spanish Cup semi-finals before leaving for Vallecano, where he won promotion to La Liga in 2021 and reached another semi-final last season.

Marsch was sacked three weeks before the anniversary of replacing Bielsa. Then Leeds were facing relegation. He saved them from it, but they have not progressed since.

Leeds are 17th in the Premier League with 18 points from their first 20 matches. After the same number of games last season they were 15th, with 20 points.

Their only wins since November 5 have come against lower-division opposition in the FA Cup. They have just four in the league all season.

Although Leeds sold key players Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha in the summer, they backed Marsch heavily on and off the field, spending around £130m on signings, including players like Brenden Aaronson, Rasmus Kristensen, Tyler Adams and Max Wober who he worked with at other clubs.

The club broke their transfer record signing Aaronson in the summer, and again in January to buy Georginio Rutter from Hoffenheim.

Under-21 coach Skubala looks set to front the operation at Old Trafford and will speak to the media on Tuesday.

Armas has been a head coach before, succeeding Marsch at New York Red Bulls and managing Toronto, but has not yet been at the club for a fortnight.

Development coach Gallardo previously worked as Sevilla's assistant coach.

The announcement of the temporary set-up made no mention of Ewan Sharp, recruited to the first-team coaching staff last summer, but he remains in place.