Manchester United's search for a new head coach is continuing as the season progresses, with Ralf Rangnick assuming control of the team in the meantime.
19.01.2022 - 02:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Former defender Paul Parker believes Paris Saint-Germain head coach Mauricio Pochettino is the ideal candidate to become Manchester United's next permanent manager.
United have earmarked Pochettino as one of their preferred choices to succeed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on a permanent basis and the Argentine is understood to be keen on the prospect of taking the reins at Old Trafford.
Despite, at the time of Solskjaer's dismissal, confirming that they would be looking to appoint an interim manager until the end of the season, United did test the water with PSG, looking to prize Pochettino away from the French giants mid-season. However, they saw their efforts swiftly rejected and settled on Ralf Rangnick as an interim boss.
Nevertheless, with the former Tottenham Hotspur chief understood to be unhappy in the French capital, Pochettino remains a firm target for United ahead of the summer.
In Parker's eyes, appointing Pochettino as the club's next permanent manager would be a huge success, suggesting that he has all of the necessary characteristics to take on the role.
"I think he's the person, if you're looking for someone, who in the way he conducts himself (feels like a Man United manager)," Parker told indiabetting.
"I think there is a way of being a Manchester United man, because I'm looking at the present one, and even when I'm saying Ralf - he's not ringing the bell as a 'Manchester United manager'.
"But he doesn't look that way, to be a manager of Manchester United. And some people might think what you are on about?
"It’s not about the way you look, but there's a presence about the way you (conduct yourself), that stature you got about you, to be a Manchester United manager.
"I’ve always been a fan of Pochettino. I
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