AVRAM GLAZER has signed off Mauricio Pochettino’s appointment by Manchester United.

Sources say the deal is now effectively done and United must now decide when to pay the US Soccer Federation £7.4million to release Pochettino from his contract.

Glazer okayed the appointment on Wednesday evening via a remote call as he is in the United States.

United co-chairman Glazer has been the most visible of the siblings at United games in recent years.

His brother and fellow co-chairman, Joel, has not been to Old Trafford for a game since April 2019.

Every major United decision has to be okayed by the majority owners even though Sir Jim Ratcliffe assumed control of football operations in 2024.

United chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox are scheduled to fly back to Manchester this evening from Monaco, where they met Ratcliffe.

The duo presented a succession plan for Michael Carrick, who could be officially sacked on Thursday.

Carrick oversaw training sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday but the United squad is off for the rest of the week.

The cost of dismissing Carrick and his staff is set to be around £5m and that will take the cost of hiring and firing United managers in the post-Ferguson era beyond £100m.

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Red Devils icon Alex Ferguson has been pushing his former club to sign Pochettino for over a decade and this is the SIXTH time he has been in the frame since a lunch with the Scot in 2016.

United take on Liverpool after the international break hoping to end their eight-game winless run in the league that has left the club in the relegation zone.

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