PSG Considers Letting Pochettino Leave ‘Billionaires Club’ For Manchester United

By Izuchukwu Okosi

Paris Saint Germain are open to the possible departure of manager Mauricio Pochettino for Manchester United following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The Red Devils have comfirmed the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager for the remainder of the 2021-22 campaign with the German expected to go into consultancy role afterwards.

Pochettino is generally considered as the English club’s number one target for the long term by the media and insiders at Old Trafford.

Zinedine Zidane who was touted as a candidate for the Man United job is a likely replacement for the Argentine at PSG.

Pochettino has a contract in Paris until June 2023, but according to Goal the billionaires are willing to let him join United.

The report claims that Pochettino is ‘feeling the strain’ at PSG and would be interested in returning to the Premier League, where he has previously managed Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur – leading the North London side to the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2018.

The 49-year-old reportedly revealed that it is “a good sign” he is currently being linked with a move to Old Trafford but insisted that he is “very happy” in his current job.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.