Report: Pochettino set to become new Manchester United coach

ATLANTA, GA–A report in The Athletic is saying that US Men’s National Team coach Mauricio Pochettino is set to sign a two-and-a-half year deal to become Manchester United’s new coach after the club sacked Michael Carrick on Thursday. Manchester United is set to pay the $10 million buyout of Pochettino’s contract with US Soccer.

An announcement could come as soon as Friday according to The Athletic with Pochettino finishing up his US duties with the Concacaf National League quarterfinals against Haiti on Saturday and Tuesday. He would then take over at United before their November 22nd match against Liverpool at Anfield.

United currently sit in 18th place in the Premier League after a horrendous start to the season. Pochettino would be the seventh man to coach United either in a caretaker, interim, or “permanent” basis since November 2021. He has coached previous in the Premier League with Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Chelsea. It was a Spurs where he had his best success at club level leading Spurs to a runners-up finish in 2016-17 and the UEFA Champions League Final in 2018-19 where they lost to Liverpool. However, after a year and a half spell at Paris-St Germain, he would last just one year at Chelsea before joining the USMNT.

With the US Men’s National Team, Pochettino coached the team to the Round of 16 of the last FIFA Men’s World Cup co-hosted by the USA. Pochettino had signed an extension through the 2030 World Cup back in August.