Former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam believes Ole Gunnar Solkjaer has credentials to succeed at the club and added that should the club pursue Mauricio Pochetino, it would be easy to get him.
The Norwegian was appointed to take charge at the club until the end of the season and the former Dutch defender has high hopes on the former winger to register positive results at Old Trafford.
“He is the best choice. He’s got a lot of experience working in the UK with Southampton and Tottenham. He’s good in building a team, plays attractive football, playing out from the back to score goals and win games. I would say that’s my choice,” he told Sky Sports News.
On the possible appointment of Pochetino at the end of the season on a permanent basis, Stam insists that the club has the capability of pricing the Argentine from his current club.
“I think they can [get him]. There’s been a discussion at Spurs about not spending money on players, I think he is the type of manager who wants to invest every year and improve – at United he gets to do that. They’ve got the money to do that. For him, that would be the ultimate step. The only thing is, and that’s a pity for Tottenham, there’s always a bigger club and that’s United.” he added.
“They’ve always got that little bit more to spend, they’re bigger all over the world. For a manager it’s ‘if I want to work at the top I need to be there to really show myself’It doesn’t matter if they’re in the new stadium now or in the next season – if the opportunity is there then he wants to go.” the former Ajax, Inter Milan and Lazio defender said
