Mauricio Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino is on the verge of joining Manchester United after spells at Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain. Photograph: Abbie Parr/AP
Mauricio Pochettino is on the verge of joining Manchester United after spells at Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain. Photograph: Abbie Parr/AP
Meeting of two lost souls: can Pochettino make it work at Manchester United?

Manager has been hurt by experiences at elite clubs but several players at Old Trafford could fit his playing style

Welcome, Mauricio, to the meat grinder. Or rather, welcome back. We’ve been expecting you. There is nothing surprising in the news Manchester United may be on the verge of appointing Mauricio Pochettino. United are always on the verge of appointing Pochettino. This is a club that has spent 13 years hiring and firing the same structurally doomed manager – same shell-shocked eyes, same irresolvable macro-problems – and the last eight years almost but not quite doing this to Pochettino.