Man Utd reach ‘full agreement’ with Pochettino and Kane could join him after sending ‘still time’ text
Manchester United have reached a ‘full agreement’ with Mauricio Pochettino to become their next manager and could he be joined at Old Trafford by Harry Kane?
Well no, probably not. But Tim Sherwood’s got an inside scoop.
As of Wednesday evening, Michael Carrick is still the manager of Manchester United.
He took training in the morning while Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox jetted off for their regularly scheduled meeting with Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who evidently abhors Zoom and is perfectly willing to prolong a club legend’s misery to avoid using it.
But Carrick is going to be sacked and replaced by Pochettino, who’s nipped in ahead of both Julian Nagelsmann and Eddie Howe to drink from the poisoned Old Trafford chalice.
Marca’s Matteo Moretto wrote on X: ‘Mauricio Pochettino will be Manchester United’s next manager: the parties have reached a full agreement pending Michael Carrick’s dismissal.’
That’s that then, and while a report claims the Red Devils are looking at Fulham’s Calvin Bassey, Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and Brentford’s Nathan Collins as a new centre-back to aid their defensive woes, a striker to cover for injury-plagued Benjamin Sesko is also thought to be a priority.
A loan move in January is most likely, but beyond that Manchester United could be setting their sights a little higher, or indeed much, much higher; as high as it’s possible to get.
Most would argue that Harry Kane became Harry Kane under Pochettino. One of the few who would disagree is Sherwood, who handed Kane his first Premier League start, in which he scored the first of his 213 Premier League goals.
That’s 47 shy of Alan Shearer’s all-time record and Sherwood believes Kane could be tempted to reunite with Pochettino at Manchester United in order to break it. There’s ‘still time’ according to Kane.
“I’ll tell you who we might see back in the Premier League,” Sherwood said to Jamie Redknapp on The Overlap Daily.
Harry Kane. And I’ll tell you where we might see him – in a red shirt. If Pochettino goes to Manchester United, there’s more chance of Harry Kane in two years’ time going there.”
Redknapp: “Oh, and he’ll break that down. Alan, your mate Alan Shearer won’t be happy.”
Sherwood: “When he signed that new deal the other day, it must have been one of the happiest days of Alan Shearer’s life.”
“Thinking he’s out of the way. I text him [Kane] straight away. I said, ‘Mate, Shearer was delighted with that.’ He said, ‘Still time. There’s still time.'”
Kane ‘can’t speak highly enough’
Harry Kane has responded to news of Manchester United making a move for Pochettino while on international duty with England and had nothing but praise for his former boss and his role in shaping his career.
“Me and Mauricio obviously have a fantastic relationship,” Kane said.
“I mentioned him as one of the coaches who had a big impact on my career and definitely my development. At that stage of my career I needed his guidance and the way he pushed me, not just on the pitch but off the pitch as well, he was really, really helpful.
“Obviously a fantastic coach, he’s managed the biggest clubs in the world. From my point of view, I can’t speak highly enough of him.
“We’ll have to wait and see what happens but I know he’s a great guy but also a fantastic manager.”
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