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title: "Leeds: Hay and Smyth react to Andres Clavijo exit"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-hay-and-smyth-react-to-andres-clavijo-exit/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-03-04T07:15:56Z"
modified: "2022-03-04T07:15:56Z"
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# Leeds: Hay and Smyth react to Andres Clavijo exit

**Leeds United correspondents [Phil Hay](https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1499082293524287501) and [Graham Smyth](https://twitter.com/GrahamSmyth/status/1499086277248962561) have been reacting to Andres Clavijo’s Elland Road exit.**

### The Lowdown: Clavijo’s exit

The Whites decided to [sack](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12552850/marcelo-bielsa-sacked-by-leeds-after-defeat-to-tottenham-jesse-marsch-in-frame-to-replace-him) Marcelo Bielsa on Sunday after a 4-0 defeat to Tottenham at Elland Road, leaving them just [two](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) points above the bottom three.

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Former RB Leipzig manager Jesse Marsch has since been [announced](https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/29569/jesse-marsch-appointed-leeds-united-head-coach) as the Argentine’s successor and has already brought in [Cameron Toshack as number two](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-cameron-toshack-arrives-under-jesse-marsh/).

Bielsa’s assistants, Diego Reyes, Pablo Quiroga and Luis Ouvina [followed](https://trainingground.guru/articles/quartet-of-assistants-exit-leeds-united-along-with-bielsa) the former boss out of Thorp Arch, along with fitness coach Benoit Delaval.

Performance analyst Clavijo, known better by fans for being Bielsa’s translator, [confirmed](https://twitter.com/af_clavijo/status/1499075723222560780) on Wednesday evening that he too would also be leaving the club.

### The Latest: Hay and Smyth react

This is what [Hay](https://twitter.com/PhilHay_/status/1499082293524287501) had to say in reply to Clavijo’s update on Twitter.

> “A nice guy, Andres. Very much part of the weekly press routine with Bielsa. Best of luck to him.”

Meanwhile, Smyth posted a short clip of Bielsa and Clavijo, available to view [here](https://twitter.com/GrahamSmyth/status/1499086277248962561), and wished him well.

### The Verdict: Not a shock

It seemed to be just a matter of time until Clavijo’s departure was confirmed, so the news doesn’t exactly come as a surprise.

He was brought in by Bielsa, unlike goalkeeper coach Marcos Abad and head of analysis Guillermo Alonso, who look set to [stay](https://trainingground.guru/articles/quartet-of-assistants-exit-leeds-united-along-with-bielsa) at the club after previously working under Victor Orta at Middlesbrough.

Marsch has already made his mark by bringing in Toshack, along with [Franz Schiemer and Mark Jackson](https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/29575/jesse-marsch-confirms-backroom-team), and you’d expect there could be more staff additions to come between now and the end of the season.

***In other news: [‘First signing’ – Journalist now drops huge Leeds transfer news on ‘fantastic’ ace Marsch ‘wants’.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-marsch-wants-djordje-mihailovic/)***