Pochettino will coach USA before his Manchester United debut
He will manage both games against Haiti, and United want to seal the deal on Thursday with a release clause of around £7m.
Mauricio Pochettino faces a brutal start at Manchester United. According to the Daily Mail, the Argentine will remain in charge of the United States for both Concacaf Nations League quarter-final legs against Haiti, and the second, in Cincinnati, finishes in the early hours of Wednesday UK time.
The release clause that frees him from his U.S. Soccer contract is around £7 million, and ESPN reports United want to finalise the agreement on Thursday. Adding his backroom staff, including assistants Jesus Perez and Miguel D'Agostino, would take the total cost above £10 million.
A debut at Anfield
United sit 18th in the Premier League with just one league win in ten games. Per ESPN, Pochettino is expected at Carrington by 18 November at the latest, and his first match in charge is at Anfield on Sunday 22 November. Eight games in 29 days follow, split between the league and the Champions League.
Michael Carrick, who took over on an interim basis in January, was dismissed after ten matches. Sources say the club believes the squad is far better than its results, and Pochettino, 54, inherits a side in the relegation zone with little time to work with his players before that trip to Merseyside.
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