The Argentine has worked wonders at Tottenham and should be on the Red
Devils' shortlist alongside Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola to replace
Louis van Gaal
It might be the names of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola which are
bandied around most extensively on social media when the subject of a
potential successor to Louis van Gaal at Manchester United is mentioned,
but there is one man currently plying his trade in the Premier League
who deserves just as much recognition for the job he could potentially
do at Old Trafford.
While United fans have been bored rigid this season by the Dutchman’s
“philosophy” of keeping the ball and then keeping it some more no
matter what the outcome, Mauricio Pochettino’s decision to give his
Tottenham players the freedom to play in their natural attacking style
has won points and admirers alike at a rate Van Gaal could only dream
of.
Right now it is Pochettino’s Spurs who occupy the Champions League
play-off spot in which United finished last season and which has now
become the 20-time champions’ revised target in a campaign which
promised so much but has so far delivered failure on a multitude of
levels.
The losses on the pitch, most recently at home to Pochettino’s former
club Southampton, have been compounded by an early exit from a
hugely-advantageous Champions League group and an insistence from Van
Gaal that his players adhere to his structured approach to attacking
football regardless of the stultifying effect it has apparently had on
his players.
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