Manchester United have begun talks with USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino over replacing Michael Carrick, who is expected to lose his job this week.
Carrick’s future at United will be settled at a meeting in Monaco on Wednesday, which chief executive Omar Berrada, director of football Jason Wilcox, and co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe will attend.
Meanwhile, talks are under way for Pochettino, the former Southampton, Tottenham, and Chelsea boss, to make his return to the Premier League.
United have approached the former Argentina defender about their managerial role on three previous occasions when Jose Mourinho was sacked in 2018, again in 2022 before the club appointed Erik ten Hag, and once more when the Dutchman was sacked in 2024.
Pochettino signed a new contract with the USA in August, and they face Haiti in a two-legged Concacaf Nations League quarter-final over the coming week.
The 54-year-old has a $10m (£7.5m) release clause.
Berrada and Wilcox have flown to Monaco for one of their routine, scheduled meetings to discuss strategy for the football club.
This time, the key issue to be settled is Carrick’s future and what should happen next.
It is anticipated that Berrada and Wilcox will recommend that the head coach departs.
Carrick was photographed arriving at the club’s Carrington training base on Wednesday.
United sit 18th in the Premier League inside the relegation zone after winning only one of their first 10 games and none since August.
It is the club’s lowest position at this stage of a top-flight season since 1986-87, when they were 20th.
Pochettino’s first Premier League job was at Southampton from January 2013, followed by a five-year spell at Tottenham from 2014 that included a Champions League final appearance.
He managed Paris St-Germain from January 2021 to July 2022 before spending the 2023-24 season in charge of Chelsea.
Pochettino stepped into international football by taking the USA job in September 2024, and he led the co-hosts to the last 16 of the 2026 World Cup.
