Manchester United have appointed Mauricio Pochettino as head coach, succeeding Michael Carrick, who was sacked on Thursday after leading the club to just one win in their first 10 Premier League games of 2026-27 (D5 L4). The club confirmed the appointment, with Pochettino having agreed to take over from 18 November.
United are spending the international break in the relegation zone, sitting 18th, their lowest position 10 games into a top-flight season since 1986-87, when they were 20th. Carrick's final game in charge ended in a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa, a result that came after United had been 2-0 and 4-2 down. The club have also gone eight Premier League games without a win for the second time, having done so in April and May 2025 under Ruben Amorim.S1
Pochettino, 54, has reportedly signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at Old Trafford, making him the club's eighth permanent manager since Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013. He had been linked with United before, having been in talks with the club in 2022, when they opted for Erik ten Hag instead. He recently agreed a new deal to remain as USA head coach after the World Cup, and will manage the USA in both legs of their CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final against Haiti during the break before moving to Manchester.S1
His Premier League background includes spells at Southampton, Tottenham and Chelsea. His most successful period was at Spurs, whom he led from May 2014 to June 2019 across 202 Premier League games, recording the most wins in the club's Premier League history (113, 43 more than any other manager, with Harry Redknapp second on 70). Spurs scored 372 top-flight goals in that spell, fourth in the division, and reached the 2019 Champions League final, which they lost to Liverpool.S1
Pochettino's first challenge is a clash with rivals Liverpool. United then travel to Sporting CP in the Champions League before his first home game in charge, against Brentford on November 28.S1
