Manchester United have announced that Mauricio Pochettino will become the club's men's first-team head coach on 18 November. It is an immediate response to poor results, not evidence that those results have already turned.
According to the announcement reported by la Repubblica, United reached an agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation to release Pochettino and his staff from their commitments to the United States national team. The Argentine will leave that role after the final two matches cited by the newspaper and return to England to take charge at Old Trafford.
Pochettino replaces Michael Carrick, whom la Repubblica reported as having been dismissed. The scale of the assignment is clear: the same report says United are second from bottom with eight points from 10 league matches. That record explains the urgency of the appointment more than the club's description of Pochettino's attacking, high-intensity style.
The move gives United a named head coach and a set start date, while resolving his availability from U.S. national-team duties. But the supplied material does not set out the contract length, transfer authority, coaching-staff structure or targets agreed with the club. More importantly, an appointment alone cannot alter the table. Pochettino inherits a side already under pressure, with little basis for treating the change as an automatic revival.
La Repubblica says United will travel to Liverpool when the league resumes. That match will be the first sporting test of the new role, not an advance verdict on its success.
Sources
- la Repubblica · Source date: 2026-11-13
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