Manchester United have made Mauricio Pochettino their preferred candidate to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Zinedine Zidane passed on the opportunity to take charge of the English Premier League club. Record Sport understands that the Old Trafford hierarchy has drawn encouragement by the speed with which Pochettino has signalled his intent to leave Paris Saint-Germain less than four months into his first full season as the Qatar-owned club's coach and have begun conversations on buying out the 49-year-old's contract.
Pochettino – who also attempted to exit PSG for Tottenham Hotspur in the summer – has been unhappy in Paris for some time and allowed his readiness to join United to be briefed to multiple journalists in the immediate
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