Mauricio Pochettino has surged into the running to be the new manager of Manchester United and is now the favourite 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 take the team through to the 2030 World Cup.
But that has not prevented the bookmakers from shortening his odds to get the United job should they decide to sack Michael Carrick.
United head into the international break in the Premier League relegation zone after winning just one of their opening 10 league games. The possibility of Carrick staying on is largely down to two stirring comebacks from his players over the past week.
They trailed 2-0 to Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday night but hit back to win 3-2 and two injury-time goals against Aston Villa on Sunday saw United claim a 4-4 draw.
Carrick is now 3/1 to still be in charge on January 1 – considerably shorter odds than the 9/1 price that was being offered two weeks ago.
Pochettino is as short as 6/4 after a surge of money over the weekend on the Argentine, who has managed in the Premier League before 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 won’t quit United
Carrick ruled out resigning after the game with Villa yesterday, telling Sky Sports: “I’m not. I’m quite clear with what direction the club needs to go in, and it’s got to win games.
“We haven’t won enough games, but I expect to move forward and keep working on the things that we’ve been working on and showing a lot of the good in the game today, tighten up on a few mistakes and win football matches.”
But former United defender Phil Neville fears the worst for United unless they improve defensively.
He said on US TV: “Mazraoui, Heaven, Yoro, and Dalot. That back four gets you relegated. That back four gets you the sack as a manager.
“We showed courage, but we only do this after we concede goals. We can’t do that, we can’t concede goals like this. We need to play like Man Utd and go forward and create chances, play with more courage.
“If we had shown that character and courage before, then we will win more games. I don’t know why we are making it hard for ourselves.”
Manchester Utd – to be manager on 01/01/2027
(odds are from bet365 and correct as of 12.45pm on Monday, November 9)
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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