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Liverpool fans as acting manager and CEO.

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Liverpool fans as acting manager and CEO.

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How blinkered are these people?

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Those were the 2 that I would want for them, aside from Paul Ince himself but that's not realistic

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Mauricio Pochettino wants United job but would cost £34m

Matt Hughes, Deputy Football Correspondent
December 18 2018, 5:00pm,
The Times

Mauricio Pochettino wants to be considered for the Manchester United manager’s job next season despite having four-and-a-half years left on his contract at Tottenham Hotspur.

The Argentinian is understood to regard the opportunity of moving to Old Trafford as too good to turn down, although it would cost United £34 million in compensation to prise him from Tottenham, which would take the club’s total bill for sacking José Mourinho earlier today past £50 million.

Pochettino refused to rule out the possibility of moving to United when asked about his intentions in a press conference today and is believed to have given the prospect serious thought already.

Despite his attachment to Tottenham and good working relationship with chairman Daniel Levy the 46-year-old is understood to have deep frustrations about the way the club his run, particularly regarding the lack of backing he has received in the transfer market, a tightly-controlled wage structure, the failure to offload players he no longer wanted last summer and delays to the opening of their new stadium.

Pochettino will have to continue operating within such financial restrictions at Tottenham for several years even after the stadium is open, which would not apply to him at Old Trafford.

While United may not appear to be the right fit for a manager who values a strong work ethic and team unity above a superstar culture, Pochettino has doubts about whether he can achieve all his ambitions at Tottenham, who have not won a trophy for ten years. Despite being criticised by some observers for prioritising Champions League qualification ahead of silverware, Pochettino is very ambitious and is not content with finishing in the top four every year.

Pochettino is also coveted by Real Madrid, who are also planning to make a permanent managerial appointment at the end of the season, but views the United job as a greater opportunity as it is becomes available less frequently.

After years of underachievement since Mr. Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 Pochettino is also convinced that it would not make much to make a significant improvement, particularly if he is backed in the transfer market.

United are understood to be preparing an offer for Pochettino and his entire first-team coaching staff — Jesús Pérez, Toni Jiménez and Miguel D’Agostino — to move to Old Trafford, but must first reach an agreement with Tottenham.

The club tied Pochettino to a new five-year contract worth £8.5 million per season last summer which does not contain a release clause, leaving United with no option but to buy it out in full in order to secure him.

Meanwhile, Tottenham have activated the option to extend Jan Vertonghen’s contract by one year to 2020.

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[Cormack74]

I wonder what sort of money Poch (or whoever) would get to spend?

There are lots of very big earners at MU so how do you persuade them to move on or other clubs to take them? I suspect that to some extent he will have the same frustrations that he's got currently albeit he will get significantly more out of the group than Maureen.

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Levy is the master at this, £34mill for a manager, FTW; superb business & will mean 2018/2019 will cost the mancs in excess of £60million in managers(taking poch wage in to account) over a million a week!!! Sanchez & Pogba will be knocking on the door for a pay rise.... hahahaha

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Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na.... FatSam

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Sammy Lee sat next to him in the dugout, haha

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Levy is the master at this, £34mill for a manager, FTW; superb business & will mean 2018/2019 will cost the mancs in excess of £60million in managers(taking poch wage in to account) over a million a week!!! Sanchez & Pogba will be knocking on the door for a pay rise.... hahahaha

£34m might seem like a huge amount of money but relative to the cost of a player and given how important the right person is I think you pay it. We’d gladly pay that for Klopp on hindsight and Poch is one of the few managers around that I don’t want them to get.

The only consolation is that it weakens Spurs.

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£34m might seem like a huge amount of money but relative to the cost of a player and given how important the right person is I think you pay it. We’d gladly pay that for Klopp on hindsight and Poch is one of the few managers around that I don’t want them to get.

The only consolation is that it weakens Spurs.

whilst i agree, the issues there run much deeper than just the manager; just listen to the ex players constantly alluding to the problems tells you that.

Poch may make then a viable top 4 ( with Arse, spuds, Chavs, etc) but he will not put them at the top of the pile

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Would be a result if Utd can unsettle Spurs as well over the next six or seven months.

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Would be a result if Utd can unsettle Spurs as well over the next six or seven months.

While I can see the arguement for him to go there over staying at Spurs, he was supposedly nailed on going to Madrid and that didn't happen. OK they get through a manager a season so it's less appealing, but surely it would take at least a couple of years to get them to were Spurs are now and he'said unlikely to get more than 3 or 4 years unless he wins something major in that time.

Also I think that the assumption that Man Utd and their fans have that he'did jump at the chance to manage them is arrogant and disrespectful tof Spurs but I guess we shouldn't expect anything else.