Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino was seeking Champions League success, but now he could be fired... but he's still the bookies' favourite for the Old Trafford hotseat.Real Madrid knocked Mauricio Pochettino's PSG out of the Champions League.
For a long time, Pochettino has been the favorite to take over at Manchester United.
After PSG's second-half collapse, the Argentine might be fired.
His chances of landing the Manchester United job have been considerably slimmer.
Rio Ferdinand thinks that he is not to blame for PSG's issues.
Mauricio Pochettino's name has been linked with the Manchester United job for so long that as his Paris Saint-Germain side bowed out dramatically in Madrid on Wednesday, thoughts turned to the influence of the defeat on the future of the Old Trafford hotseat rather than the French club's future.
Since the German was granted the position until the end of the season in November, Pochettino has been the favorite to succeed interim manager Ralf Rangnick, with Ajax manager Erik ten Hag his major competition.
After sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November, United inquired about Pochettino's availability with PSG, but were advised that the club would not allow the manager to go in the middle of the season.
After being dissatisfied at PSG for some time, the former Tottenham manager is said to be looking for a return to the Premier League, and it was thought that he would join United at the end of the season, perhaps even after winning the Champions League.
Mauricio Pochettino was helpless to stop PSG from surrendering to Real Madrid.
Last month, Sportsmail reported that United's players prefer Pochettino to Ten Hag taking over at the end of the season. Ten Hag has been brushing up on his English in the hopes of landing the job.
The seismic result on Wednesday night, on the other hand, will have been a big blow to Pochettino's ego.
Pochettino watched in disbelief as Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in just 17 minutes to send PSG crashing out. Having dominated the last-16 tie from kick-off in Paris until half-time in Madrid, with the 2-0 aggregate scoreline flattering Real if anything, Pochettino watched in disbelief as a catalogue of defensive howlers saw Karim Benzema score a hat-trick in just 17
Pochettino was helpless. After Benzema's first goal, he brought in Idrissa Gueye to try to stop the bleeding, but it had no effect. Then he brought on Angel Di Maria and Julian Draxler in the hopes of getting an equalizer, but they had little effect.
Lionel Messi looks on dejectedly as Karim Benzema celebrates his hat-trick.image
Nasser El-Khelaifi, PSG's Qatari president, was said to be furious after the match, directing his rage at Dutch referee Danny Makkelie and his team for the perceived injustice of Real's first goal, when Benzema was adjudged not to have fouled goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma as he gave the ball away in his own box.
Pochettino has had to juggle Neymar (left), Kylian Mbappe (right), and Lionel Messi into one team.
Pochettino also criticized the authorities, but once El-indignation Khelaifi's at the officials has gone, he and sporting director Leonardo will be the long-term victims of El-rage. Khelaifi's Following the incident, Le Parisien reported that both will be fired.
Although Benzema could have been sanctioned, that does not excuse PSG's kamikaze defending for all three of the veteran striker's well-taken goals. It may be argued that the manager bears responsibility for this. However, United legend Rio Ferdinand does not agree to this viewpoint.
On Wednesday night, while working as a pundit for BT Sport, Ferdinand was quick to point out that PSG's troubles are systemic, not the fault of Pochettino or any of his predecessors.
thank you for reading my articles always follow me up on MYBLOGPAY.com
blogpay
Total Comments: 0