The Glazer family want to hire Mauricio Pochettino as the next manager of Manchester United

The Glazer family want to hire Mauricio Pochettino as the next manager of Manchester United. Michael Carrick is on the brink of losing his job, with the team in the Premier League relegation zone heading into the international break.

A meeting in Monaco on Wednesday involving CEO Omar Berrada, director of football Jason Wilcox, and co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is expected to make the final decision to sack Carrick.

Pochettino, currently in charge of the USA national team, would jump at the chance to take over at Old Trafford. He signed a new contract in August 2026, but it includes a release clause of $10m.

Manchester United's final two candidates to replace Erik ten Hag were Thomas Tuchel and Roberto De Zerbi before a dramatic sack U-turn.

Sir Alex Ferguson has long wanted Pochettino to be the manager, something he has repeatedly told the Argentine and mentioned at the club. Manchester United have tried to hire Pochettino before, interviewing him twice, but overlooked him first for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2018 and then for Erik ten Hag in 2022.

Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann are understood to be the other leading contenders for the role.

Bent unconvinced by Pochettino as Manchester United frontrunner