After PSG's devastating Champions League defeat, Paul Merson believes Manchester United should 'run a mile' away from Mauricio Pochettino, believing the Argentine is 'the LAST guy' who should head an Old Trafford rebuild.
Mauricio Pochettino is one of the favourites to succeed Mauricio Pochettino as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
However, his reputation suffered a setback when PSG was knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid. At Bernabeu, Parisians blew a two-goal advantage to lose 3-2 on aggregate.
The fall, according to Paul Merson, should trigger alarm bells at United. He warns that the scale of the Old Trafford redevelopment project is growing. After Paris Saint-Champions Germain's League humiliation, Paul Merson believes Manchester United should 'run a mile' away from Mauricio Pochettino.
Pochettino could only watch in horror as his PSG team lost a two-goal aggregate lead to Real Madrid in Tuesday, thereby ending their hopes of claiming Europe's top award.
With his time at PSG almost probably coming to an end, the Argentine is one of the frontrunners to become United's next permanent manager in the summer.
Real Madrid humiliated Mauricio Pochettino's Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
Lionel Messi, Neymar, and the rest of the team blew a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 overall.
However, Merson believes Pochettino would be the wrong choice as United tries frantically to close the gap with rivals Manchester City and Liverpool.
United should 'run a mile' from Pochettino, according to Paul Merson, as they select their next manager.
United lost 5-0 at home to Liverpool earlier this season after being hammered 4-1 by City last weekend.
'Manchester United should be running a mile from Mauricio Pochettino following his Champions League catastrophe with Paris Saint-Germain,' he wrote in his Daily Star column.
'In the Manchester derby, United were dreadful. Embarrassing. There isn't a single United player in the City squad. Not a single one of them. And that's incredible.
'It was like watching a Premier League team play a non-league squad in an FA Cup match.'
'However, if you were a United supporter watching PSG lose to Real Madrid, you'd be even more concerned.'
'Everyone knows Pochettino is a United fan, but I'm not sure he's the ideal fit for them.'
'I don't think they should go for Pochettino at all,' Merson remarked. That should be the last word on the subject.
The new United manager will be in charge of a massive renovation project at Old Trafford.
During his time as interim manager, Ralf Rangnick has failed to maintain consistency.
'At Tottenham, he didn't win a trophy.' He didn't win the league in his first season at PSG, where it's almost a certain conclusion. Then there's this.'
'Mauricio Pochettino is the last person they need in charge of that [the rebuild] right now,' Merson concluded.
Despite this, the former Southampton and Tottenham manager is widely regarded as the players' preferred candidate to succeed interim manager Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford when he steps down at the end of the season.
Erik ten Hag, the head coach of Ajax, is another serious contender for the United job.
Erik ten Hag, the manager of Ajax, is another serious contender for the job.
With a top-four finish far from guaranteed, it remains to be seen whether United's next manager will lead the squad in the Champions League next season.
They are in fifth place in the Premier League rankings, one point behind Arsenal but with three more games played, ahead of their home fixture against Tottenham on Saturday.
On Tuesday, United plays Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 encounter.
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