New Leeds U23 coach Taylor expects Marsch to take on top kids | OneFootball

New Leeds United U23 coach Andrew Taylor expects manager Jesse Marsch to take on several of his youngsters.

Taylor had previously been loan manager at Elland Road, but has been placed in charge of the development squad after Mark Jackson was promoted to Marsch's backroom team.

Taylor predicted a more 'traditional' approach to U23 football moving forwards, intimating that the first-team squad and U23 group would be less integrated than under Marcelo Bielsa.

He told Leeds-Live: "Hopefully you do [have them with the U23s], but hopefully not, because that'll mean they're playing for the first-team and that is the ultimate goal.

"From a selfish point of view, I'd love to have [Crysencio] Summerville, Joe Gelhardt, Sam Greenwood, Cressy [Charlie Cresswell], Lewis Bate, Nohan Kenneh but at the same time from a club's point of view, the whole aim is to have a pathway and show that progression.

"The fact they're involved with the first-team, okay it makes it difficult for us, [but] fantastic for them, and gives younger players the opportunity to go and step in.

"I think we'll probably see a little bit more of a traditional model, that's my initial view - in terms of: if they're playing in the U23s, they're in the U23s."