The appointment of Erik Ten Hag as manager of United has caught with the changed foot to Pochettino. The Argentine, more outside than inside PSG, was ready to return to the Premier League after the interest of the Manchester team, supported by the positive opinion of Sir Alex Ferguson. The Ajax coach, however, convinced United officials in the final interview after speaking bluntly about the club’s problems.
Ten Hag he pointed to poor organization at Old Trafford and insufficient recruiting work as some of the issues that need to be given priority to start growing. That honesty pleased those who months before had studied reaching a compensation agreement with PSG to take Pochettino to United. According to information from The Athletic, the man from Santa Fe does not believe the outcome because he was confident that he could return to England in the short term.
Despite his laborious work at PSG, forced to manage a complicated dressing room, it is said from England that Pochettino He has also taken advantage of these months to gather information about Manchester as a city, the structure of the club and the personality of the players. The information even goes further: representatives of the Argentine coach would have met with Matt Judgethe person in charge of closing contracts at United.
the disappointment of Pochettino is capitalized because he was not informed by the English club that he had lost the final race with Ten Hag. He simply found out from the press, when yesterday the hiring of him was announced as the new coach of a United that has not achieved stability with any of the tenants who have occupied the bench after he retired. Sir Alex Ferguson. Pochettino will have to wait for another occasion.