Mauricio Pochettino has jumped into the race to be the new manager of Manchester United and is now the favorite to take over at Old Trafford.
Pochettino is currently in charge of the United States national team and signed a four-year contract extension in August to lead the team to the 2030 World Cup.
But that hasn’t stopped bookies slashing their odds of him getting the United job if they decide to sack Michael Carrick.
United go into the international break in the Premier League’s relegation zone after winning just one of their first 10 league games. The prospect of Carrick staying is largely down to two stirring comebacks from his players over the past week.
They went down 2-0 to Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday night but bounced back to win 3-2 and on Sunday two stoppage-time goals against Aston Villa earned United a 4-4 draw.
Carrick are now 3/1 to still be top on January 1 – considerably shorter odds than the 9/1 price on offer two weeks ago.
Pochettino is as short as 6/4 after a weekend cash-in on the Argentine, who has previously managed in the Premier League with Southampton, Tottenham and Chelsea.
Eddie Howe, who is known to have support in the United boardroom, is 4/1, ahead of Julian Nagelsmann, Antonio Conte and Unai Emery.
Carrick will not leave United
Carrick ruled out resignation after yesterday’s game with Villa, telling Sky Sports: “I haven’t. I’m very clear about the direction the club needs to go and it needs to win games.
“We haven’t won enough games, but I hope to go forward and continue to work on the things we’ve been working on and show a lot of good in today’s game, correct some mistakes and win football games.”
But former United defender Phil Neville fears the worst for United unless they improve defensively.
He told American television: “Mazraoui, Heaven, Yoro and Dalot. This back four gets you relegated. This back four gets you fired as a coach.
“We showed courage but we only do it after conceding goals. We can’t do that, we can’t concede goals like that. We have to play like Man Utd and go forward and create chances, play with more courage.”
“If we had shown that character and courage earlier, we would have won more games. I don’t know why we are making it difficult for us.”
Manchester Utd: Will be manager on 01/01/2027
(odds are from bet365 and correct as of 12.45pm on Monday 9th November)
Mauricio Pochettino – 6/4 fav
Michael Carrick – 3/1
Eddie Howe – 4/1
Julian Nagelsmann – 7/1
Antonio Conte – 10/1
Unai Emery – 14/1
Didier Deschamps – 16/1
Sebastian Hoeness – 16/1
Fabian Hurzeler – 33/1
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