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Mauricio Pochettino confirmed Man United new head coach as Bruno Fernandes declines contract extension
Pochettino, 54, has left his role as United States men's national team head coach and signed a 2½-year contract at Old Trafford after finalizing an agreement Thursday. He is set to take charge for the first time when United travel to Anfield to face Liverpool on Nov. 22.
Mauricio Pochettino has been confirmed as Manchester United‘s new head coach.
Pochettino takes over from Michael Carrick, who was sacked Thursday just 15 games into the two-year contract he signed in May.
United CEO Omar Berrada informed U.S. Soccer on Wednesday that they were willing to trigger a $10 million (£7.5m) release clause in Pochettino’s contract.
Meanwhile the clubs’s captain Bruno Fernandes has rejected a second contract offer from the club.
The Portugal midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season, though the club have the option to trigger a 12-month extension until 2028.
United are keen to avoid that eventuality by extending the 32-year-old’s existing deal and have been in talks with the Portuguese’s representatives in recent months.