In brief

• Manchester United has appointed Mauricio Pochettino as head coach after sacking Michael Carrick.
• The club's start to the season is its worst in about four decades, with one win in ten league games.
• Pochettino leaves the US national team and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with United, running to June 2029.
• His first match in charge is away to Liverpool on 22 November.

Carrick's exit follows the club's worst start in four decades

Manchester United dismissed Michael Carrick after a run of results that left the club in the bottom three of the Premier League. The side has won only one of its first ten league matches, drawn five and lost four, which the club's own figures show as its weakest opening to a season in roughly forty years (Manchester United podał nazwisko nowego trenera – RMF24). Eight points left United 18th in the table (Pochettino lahkub USA koondise eesotsast ja asub Unitedi peatreeneriks – ERR).

Pochettino returns to club football

The 54-year-old Argentine takes over after two years as coach of the United States men's team, which he led to the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup (Manchester United names USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino as its manager – NPR). He had signed a contract extension with the US federation through the 2030 World Cup. The two clubs agreed to end that arrangement early, and Pochettino and his staff will leave the national team after its two November matches against Haiti in the CONCACAF Nations League, on 14 and 18 November (Mauricio Pochettino trenerem piłkarzy Manchesteru United – Dziennik.pl). He will then join United, with his first game in charge away to Liverpool on 22 November («Манчестер Юнайтед» назначил нового главного тренера – Charter 97).

Pochettino was visibly emotional at a farewell press conference, describing the decision as one of the hardest of his career. He said an offer to coach a club of United's stature rarely comes along and was difficult to refuse («Это одно из самых сложных решений»: Почеттино не сдержал слез во время прощания со сборной США — видео – NV).

Contract and compensation

Pochettino has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract, running to June 2029 (МЮ викупив контракт екстренера «Тоттенгема» і «Челсі» у збірної США з футболу: хто очолив команду – Suspilne). Reports in British media suggest United will have to pay compensation to the US federation to release him from his deal.

Club history

Pochettino becomes the eighth permanent head coach since Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, and the 12th manager to take charge after Ferguson's departure, counting Carrick's two spells. Earlier English jobs include Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and a single season at Chelsea.