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Bookies tip Spurs’ Pochettino to take over at United
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino emerged yesterday as hot favorite to succeed Jose Mourinho, sacked as coach of Manchester United.
Pochettino has been seen as a long-term target for United because of his preference for attacking football and nurturing young talent, neither of which has been much in evidence at the club since the departure of Alex Ferguson in 2013.
With the Portuguese gone, United may make its move for the Spurs boss, who has taken his club to consecutive finishes in the top three but has yet to bring a trophy to North London.
The Argentine was offered at odds of 2/1 against — meaning one chance in three — within minutes of United announcing Mourinho’s sacking.
Pochettino is closely followed at 4/1 against by former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, who led the Spanish side to three successive UEFA Champions League titles.
However, rival bookmakers had former United defender and France manager Laurent Blanc emerging as the frontrunner with some putting him EVENS, down from 12/1, ahead of Pochettino. The Frenchman spent two years at Old Trafford from 2001, making 75 appearances, and has been out of work since leaving Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain in 2016.
Former United midfielder Michael Carrick, a coach at the club who was named interim manager, is quoted at 10/1.
It may be strange for some United fans to countenance but former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is at 20/1, the same as Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe.
United said that it would conduct a thorough recruitment process for a new full-time manager. Italian Antonio Conte (12/1) is out of work and previously succeeded Mourinho at Chelsea, going on to win the title.
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