By Manchester United have approached Mauricio Pochettino with the intention of him replacing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the club’s next manager.
United made contact with Pochettino’s representatives amid the team’s dismal form under Solskjaer. Pochettino wanted to take over as United manager and his stance on the role is not believed to have changed, United explained.
When Solskjaer was asked whether he feared for his job after the 2-1 reverse in Istanbul and replied: “I decline to comment on such a thing. Of course, it’s early on and opinions are out there all the time. You’ve got to stay strong.
“I’m employed by the club to do a job and I do that to the best of my ability with my staff.”
Insiders say the United hierarchy were privately backing Solskjaer prior to Wednesday night’s shambolic Champions League defeat by Istanbul Basaksehir and are reluctant to part company with the Norwegian so early in the season. But if United lose at Everton on Saturday they could end the weekend 17th in the Premier League table.
United have lost three of their six league games already this term and have not lost four of their first seven in a league campaign since 1989-90. The trip to Everton is United’s last game for two weeks due to the November internationals; a period that has become synonymous with top-flight sackings.
