Manchester United Secure Verbal Agreement In Principle With Mauricio Pocchettino

 

Manchester United and former Tottenham Hotspur manager, Mauricio Pocchettino, reportedly have reached a verbal agreement in principle on replacing the club's head coach, Michael Carrick. 

Currently, Pocchettino is the head coach of the United States national team, which he led to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Also, he was Chelsea manager between 2023 and 2024 season. It is understood that Manchester United will have to trigger his $10 million release clause to secure his transfer. 

The move for the Argentine manager became imminent, following United's winless run spanning eleven consecutive games across all competitions. Carrick has been under pressure over the situation, as the team trails in the Premier League relegation zone. 

United drew their previous Premier League game against Aston Villa, with a comeback from two goals deficit, scoring two stoppage-time goals to restore level terms. United appear to have lost confidence Carrick after several meetings with the management over the spate of losses. 

In 2023, Pocchettino was strongly linked to Manchester United to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who temporarily was replaced by Carrick until Erik ten Hag was appointed in 2022. The Argentine is set to become the United's tenth manager since Sir Alex Fergusson stepped down in 2013.