Mauricio Pochettino is now set to be named as the new Manchester United manager.

The Athletic have been leading on this story with Michael Carrick having overseen a disastrous start to the season that sees Manchester United with only one league win in ten games and in the relegation zone.

They had earlier reported that multiple confidential sources had told them that the Old Trafford club were looking to use this international break to replace Michael Carrick with one of Julian Nagelsmann, Mauricio Pochettino, or Eddie Howe.

Now in an update, The Athletic say that Maurico Pochettino is the Manchester United choice from those three leading candidates.

They have now reported on Wednesday morning that their confidential sources ‘with knowledge of the process, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, have told The Athletic that Manchester United spent Tuesday ironing out personal terms with the Argentine’s representatives…’

They add that no issues are anticipated, with the Manchester United owners expected to shortly rubber stamp the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino.

The Athletic report that U.S. Soccer, will need to be paid £7.4m due to an exit clause.

They state that Mauricio Pochettino has kept his current bosses updated as he finalises his move to Old Trafford.

The report adds that if/when Mauricio Pochettino is appointed, Manchester United will also need to pay compensation for the new manager’s backroom team to join him.

Mauricio Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham in 2019 and lasted only a year at Chelsea, the 2023-24 season. With options having faded, he then took over the USA national side.

In all competitions Man U have failed to win 12 of their 15 matches and their only victories have been against minnows Sabah and very lucky wins against Ipswich and Roma after having trailed in both of those games.

A huge relief to hear that it is set to be Mauricio Pochettino and not Eddie Howe who will be sitting in the opposition dugout at St James’ Park exactly three weeks today, when Man U face United on Wednesday 2 December.

Great to see the chaos at Manchester United continuing, it is less than six months since Michael Carrick was given a contract until 2028.