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11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A new face in the dugout is needed with the club currently languishing in the relegation zone after the worst start to a league season in 40 years.
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club → need → years
Pochettino will be expected to be backed in the transfer window, both in January and moving forward, as Man Utd bid to get back to their glorious days of the past.
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Utd → expect → past
That would mean yet more serious investment in the squad, but what exactly would a Pochettino dream XI look like at United?
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XI → mean → United
Senne Lammens may have thrown a few into his own net recently, but he is still a good goalkeeper and a relatively recent recruit.
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he → throw → net
If it ain’t (totally) broke, don’t fix it.
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it → break → it
Full-back has become a real problem for Man Utd.
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back → become → Utd
Luke Shaw’s poor injury record continues to affect both his fitness and form, and Diogo Dalot is clearly not up to the task despite being in his ninth season at Old Trafford.
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Dalot → continue → Trafford
At Tottenham particularly, Pochettino worked wonders with impressive and robust young full-backs, who grew into the league’s best under his tutelage.
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who → work → tutelage
That brings Lewis Hall - even with a new contract - and Spurs’s Archie Gray into view.
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That → bring → view
Whether they would join Man Utd is another matter, but working with Pochettino would surely be an attractive pull.
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working → join → Pochettino
Hall and Gray have years ahead of them, but are also assured Premier League performers who are well-balanced between attack and defence.
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who → have → attack
At centre-back, you could just imagine the Argentina connection bringing Lisandro Martinez back into scope for Man Utd’s medium-term future, and Pochettino has always relished the challenge of working with high-ceiling young players.
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Pochettino → imagine → players
Central midfield would be a mix of youth and experience, with Youri Tielemans taking the lead and Kobbie Mainoo learning alongside him.
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Mainoo → take → him
Meanwhile, a reunion with Chelsea’s Cole Palmer — who played by far his best football in blue during Pochettino’s tenure — would be a mouthwatering prospect.
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who → play → tenure
But Palmer would be asked to play on the right, to make way for Bruno Fernandes’s replacement in attacking midfield.
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Palmer → ask → midfield
Quite conceivable is that the player in question would be Como’s Nico Paz, an Argentina international and the sort of promising No10 that Pochettino would love to work with and challenge to reach that next level.
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Pochettino → love → level
Marcus Rashford would operate on the left flank, and after taking a good look at Benjamin Sesko — and the market, where genuinely good strikers are at a premium — it would be Bryan Mbeumo to lead the line for the Red Devils.
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it → operate → Devils
The Cameroonian has, after all, been playing out of position up front this season yet still proven to be just about their only good performer during a torrid spell under Carrick.
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Cameroonian → play → Carrick
Of course, his preference would be a situation where he were reunited with Harry Kane, but Pochettino would know that is unrealistic after the England captain last week became Europe’s highest-paid player by base salary when signing a new three-year contract with Bayern Munich.
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captain → reunite → Munich
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