Man Utd: Romano reveals two real reasons why Pochettino has accepted job – ‘he is 100% convinced’
Fabrizio Romano has revealed why incoming Manchester United boss Mauricio Pochettino has said yes to replacing Michael Carrick.
On Thursday night, it emerged that a deal has been sealed for Pochettino to join Man Utd as Michael Carrick’s replacement.
Carrick has been out of his depth this season, but he has also been poorly treated, as the ex-Man Utd head coach was personally informed of his sacking a few days after it became public knowledge, and he had taken training on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The club legend was given a public stay of execution, but it has been clear for several weeks that he will be sacked.
Carrick departed with Man Utd in the Premier League relegation zone, and they have turned to Pochettino to fix the mess after they were previously linked with Eddie Howe, Julian Nagelsmann and Unai Emery.
On Thursday evening, Romano confirmed that a ‘deal is done’ for Pochettino to leave his role as USA boss to succeed Carrick.
Romano said on X: “BREAKING: Manchester United appoint Mauricio Pochettino as new head coach, here we go!
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“Deal done and green light from US Federation as Poch has agreed all terms on Wednesday.
“New era at #MUFC.”
Fabrizio Romano reveals why Mauricio Pochettino is joining Manchester United
Now, Romano has revealed that Pochettino is joining Man Utd because he felt he couldn’t “say no”, while he is “convinced” he is the “right man for the future”.
“He [Poch] keeps saying to those close to him. I can’t say no to Man United. He believes the club is something different,” Romano said on his YouTube channel.
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“Mauricio Pochettino wants to achieve big things at #MUFC . He is 100% convinced he can be the right man for the future.”
However, club legend Gary Neville is fearful that the sacking of Carrick won’t change anything at Man Utd.
“You can keep changing the manager and thinking that’s going to be the answer. But this has been proven now over 12 years, that’s not the answer,” Neville told NBC.
“It’s rinse and repeat. Ruben Amorim, Erik ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Carrick, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, David Moyes, Ralf Rangnick – some of them are world-class managers who have had success. There are a lot of promising young managers there, ex-players who know the club as well.
“None of it has worked because if you’ve got a poor performance department, poor recruitment department, you’ve not got leadership that is strong right through the spine of the football club, you will fail.”
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