Man United hold talks with Mauricio Pochettino as Carrick’s future is decided in Monaco

Manchester United have opened discussions with USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino about replacing Michael Carrick, with Carrick’s future to be decided at a meeting in Monaco on Wednesday. The meeting will be attended by chief executive Omar Berrada, director of football Jason Wilcox and co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Pochettino, the 54-year-old former Tottenham and Chelsea manager and ex-Argentina defender, renewed his contract with the USA in August. He has a two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarter-final against Haiti over the next week and his deal contains a $10m (£7.5m) release clause.

Berrada and Wilcox have flown to Monaco for one of their regular, planned strategy meetings at which the main issue this time is Carrick’s future at the club. It is expected that Berrada and Wilcox will recommend that the head coach be removed.

Michael Carrick is set to depart as Manchester United manager, with reports indicating he is likely to lose his job this week. The decision will be taken at the scheduled Monaco meeting on Wednesday.

United sit 18th in the Premier League, inside the relegation zone, after winning just one of their first 10 games and none since August. That position is the club’s lowest at this stage of a top-flight season since 1986-87, when they were 20th.

Manchester United have approached Pochettino on three previous occasions: after Jose Mourinho was sacked in 2018, in 2022 before Erik ten Hag was appointed, and again when ten Hag was sacked in 2024.

The immediate next steps are the Monaco meeting on Wednesday to confirm Carrick’s future and, separately, Pochettino’s forthcoming two-legged Nations League tie against Haiti while his contract includes a $10m (£7.5m) release clause.