Man Utd Urged To Make Mauricio Pochettino Statement – ‘They Have Done The Wrong Thing’

That’s according to former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, who has called on the Red Devils to make an immediate move for the Tottenham boss.

Warnock has seen his old club go from also-rans to title challengers after restructuring the club – despite not having the financial muscle power as Manchester United.

Jurgen Klopp has been key to that rise and he thinks Pochettino should have been brought in immediately – and not Ole Gunnaer Solskajer.

“They’ll be a lift within the camp because it’s a fresh face coming in,” Warnock told the BBC.

“But I don’t believe Manchester United have done the right thing in appointing Solskjaer. For me, you’re Manchester United, you’re arguably the biggest club in world football and you’re going to bring in a caretaker manager at this time to fill a void for four months.

“Go and make a statement. Go and get Pochettino. If you want Pochettino or you want Zidane or you want whoever, build your philosophy now for the next 10 years because you’re Manchester United.

“You don’t have short term fixes at Manchester United, you can’t. The difference is, if you look at Liverpool when they appointed Klopp they didn’t have the financial muscle to do it and suddenly he came afterwards because they restructured the whole club.

“Manchester United are financially unbelievable, that’s not the problem.

“Liverpool had that problem and they built that up slowly but they didn’t have the manager either.

“Manchester United only have to get the manager right and yes it’s a big ask because the last three appointments have been poor but now you’ve got to make it right.

“Do it now, there’s not point in waiting and sitting there for three months just to let the season pass by.”

Pochettino insists Tottenham will not be distracted by speculation linking him with United as they are focused on becoming genuine title challengers.

A thumping 6-2 victory at Everton lifted Spurs back to within six points of leaders Liverpool and only two behind Manchester City, but Pochettino believes they still have some way to go to be in that race.

The Argentinian has been heavily linked with United following Jose Mourinho‘s sacking, but he stressed Spurs were concentrating on keeping the pressure on the leaders.

“Talking about rumours, there are a lot of rumours,” said Pochettino.

“This guy (Spurs’ press officer) became upset again or angry (by questions about United), but we cannot talk, we need to be focused on our jobs at Tottenham and do our best to try to be successful.

“I still believe Liverpool and Manchester City are the real contenders and favourites to win the Premier League.

“We are there, but (so are) Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United. I think there is still a long way for me to say we are real contenders.

“Football is about being consistent of course. If we are able to be consistent and play in the way we did tonight I think yes maybe we could then be a real contender, but there is still a long way.

“Being involved in four competitions will be tough, but are going to try.”

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