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Manchester United thought Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino would have joined the club this summer – but opted for Ole Gunnar Solkskjaer on a permanent basis.
In conversations with Pochettino, United's executives realized that the Argentinian manager did not want to leave Spurs in mid-season, but was ready to move to Old Trafford.
As Tottenham prepares for the UEFA Champions League semi-finals tonight, the results for Manchester United have plummeted since the final transfer of Solskjaer in March, raising the question of whether the club should have waited to find a more experienced coach this summer.
According to Andy Mitten, editor-in-chief of United we are fanzine, the Old Trafford hierarchy decided to engage the Norwegian, knowing that he could have had the Pochettino in a few months.
Speaking on the Four out of two Podcast, Mitten revealed that club members did not expect Solskjaer to get a job upon his arrival as an interim caretaker in December, and the Spurs boss was ready to walk.
"I do not think anyone was expecting Ole Gunnar to get the job," he said. "When people were writing at the beginning of this season as the situation got worse under Mourinho, the names [Zinedine] Zidane and Pochettino.
"I realized that Pochettino was ready to join United this summer. He was not going out in Tottenham [until] preseason. Of course, he will never say that now.
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