Mauricio Pochettino’s switch from the US men’s national team to Manchester United has been confirmed.
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Pochettino will guide the US through a pair of Concacaf Nations League matches on Saturday and Tuesday before joining United, for whom his first game will come at Liverpool next Sunday.
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game → guide → Liverpool
The former Chelsea, Tottenham and Southampton manager has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal to replace Michael Carrick, who was sacked on Thursday after leading United to their worst start to a season in four decades.
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Don’t worry, human rights, Uefa’s got your back.
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Here’s Reuters:
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Uefa has established a Human Rights Advisory Board to provide independent oversight and advice during the planning and delivery of Euro 2028, the governing body said on Friday.
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The board will serve as a platform for constructive dialogue, external scrutiny and specialist guidance on identifying, preventing and mitigating human rights risks linked to the tournament.
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The initiative builds on Uefa’s previous work with Human Rights Advisory Boards established for Euro 2024 in Germany and Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland.
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“The Human Rights Advisory Board brings valuable independent perspectives and constructive challenge, helping us stay proactive as preparations progress and ensuring our commitments translate into meaningful action,” Uefa’s vice-president and board chair Laura McAllister said.
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Euro 2028 will be jointly hosted by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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We’ve been sent some photos of England’s players hard at work at Tottenham’s training ground today.
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I liked them, so here they are.
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I begin my time at the helm with some reaction to, yes, Pochettino’s appointment by Manchester United.
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Someone said to me today, ‘What a bad time to take the job’, I said, ‘I could never think of a better time to take over the Man United job’.
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There’s only one way, it’s up.
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It isn’t like David Moyes following Alex Ferguson.
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David Moyes is a great manager, but following Fergie was impossible.
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Now he [Pochettino] takes over a club that is in a real mess at the moment, and he can only take one take them one way, and that is going to be up.
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I like him.
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He’s a great character, very clever manager, knows the game, and I’m sure he’ll do a good job.
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But it’s going to be two or three years before you see Man United anywhere near what you’d hope they would be.
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He’s an elite manager.
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I’m sure that [sporting director] Jason Wilcox, [chief executive] Omar Barada are probably thinking to themselves, ‘Are we lucky to keep our jobs?’.
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I think the answer to that would be yes, if they are to stay with that structure and regime.
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He’s coming into an environment now that’s going to be so difficult, he’s probably going to think after a few months, ‘Wow, have I made the right decision here?’.
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One of the biggest clubs in the world, but for the last few years has been so poorly run.
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I regret to report that the thoughts of Jamie’s children Charley, Beau and Raphael are currently unknown.
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Pochettino is doing his best not to talk about Manchester United – yet.
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But he does finally give away something.
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I think we will have time next week to talk about Manchester United, but now I think it is much better to talk about us, about USA Soccer, and of course, USA Men National Team, and we have two games ahead, and now it is focus complete on this.
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However, when pressed about why he’s leaving after just signing a new deal with the USMNT, he does throw us a little nugget.
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There’s not too many opportunities that happen in your career like a side of Manchester United and, of course, when that arrives it is difficult to turn down.
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Pochettino is asked if he’s satisfied about what he achieved during his time at USMNT.
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I think it’s difficult in that business, always you want more, and then you are a critic, and you say, ‘oh, I could be better, I should do better things, do better things’.
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Always it’s being brave, take the best decision, to get the experience from that decision, what happened, and try to adapt again, and to try to make better decisions for the future.
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I don’t like to use satisfaction, being satisfied of what happened in the past.
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That’s always, I think, in our mindset, it’s always we try to do better, and do better and try to find a way to, maybe in this similar situation, act in the always best way.
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Pochettino composes himself.
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He dodges the question on what appealed about the United job.
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I want to thank the fans for the support, for everything.
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