While manager Michael Carrick showed up for work at seven o’clock this morning, the top bosses of Manchester United got their masters to pack their bags for a meeting about the future of the club. The trip goes to Monaco for meetings, probably because there is nothing to signal they are on the side of fans who choose season tickets over food than a few days in the princely state.
Michael Carrick will be the latest manager in a long line of managers who are blamed on the club’s problems. At the top of the wish list as the next sacrificial lamb, someone they have been close to hiring on several occasions. – Ex-Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino.
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Manchester United want Mauricio Pochettino to do three things if he is hired as a replacement for Michael Carrick – who is reportedly expected to be sacked on Thursday.
According to the BBC, Man Utd’s management will hold a meeting in Monaco on Wednesday to finally decide whether Michael Carrick will be sacked or not.
Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe will be present, and according to several reports, including from The Athletic, sporting director Jason Wilcox and CEO Omar Berrada will recommend to Ratcliffe and the Glazer family that Carrick be relieved of his duties.
But even though the decision to sack Carrick is due to be made on Wednesday, the BBC reported that the axe may not fall until a day later – Thursday.
It’s no secret that Carrick doesn’t have control of the dressing room, as Lisandro Martinez and Bruno Fernandes have shown by speaking out publicly and bringing the club into disrepute.
The standards at Man Utd have never been lower, at least not in the Premier League era. United have wavered from one style of play to another in the post-Ferguson years, and it would be difficult to determine what the club’s identity is under Carrick right now – apart from praying to higher powers for late goals.
The report explained why by pointing out that club officers want to inform Carrick of the expected dismissal “face-to-face”.
Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann are still in the running for the upcoming vacancy, but in the last 36 hours, Mauricio Pochettino has exploded into the favourites.
Man Utd have tried to hire Pochettino three times before, the first time in 2016, but it seems that the fourth time is lucky.
TEAMtalk has learned that the 54-year-old Argentine will seize the opportunity to swap the United States national team for Man Utd.
Pochettino is currently contracted to the USMNT, but there is a buyout clause in his contract, believed to be worth around $10 million / £7.5 million.
In addition, the cost of sacking Carrick is not as high as some have reported, as a break clause in his deal makes it cheaper. United will not have to pay Carrick for the entire remainder of his two-year contract.
And according to a recent update from Flashscore and their reporter Dean Jones, Man Utd hope that Pochettino will quickly achieve three goals if he arrives at Old Trafford.
Pochettino must restore authority, raise standards and establish identity – all very nice words in what must be the “bullshit bingo” of all time
The report stated: “His leadership, personality and Premier League experience are all appealing to management.
“They believe he can restore authority in the dressing room, raise standards and help restore a clearer identity at Old Trafford.”
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