Manchester United have just been given a warning over Mauricio Pochettino appointment

They used to say the role of England manager was the impossible job, but these days it feels like the Old Trafford hot seat is the one that must come with a health warning. In fact, it's become so impossible that just being linked with it is enough to take a hammer to a promising career.

When Leicester City thrashed Manchester United back in September it felt like Brendan Rodgers was well-positioned to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but since then the Foxes have had such a poor season that the Northern Irishman isn't even part of the discussion now that a permanent manager is being sought.

That battle has been waged between Mauricio Pochettino and Erik ten Hag, but if the detriment to Rodgers was immediate, the fall from grace for the Paris Saint-Germain boss has only recently arrived and even Ten Hag is starting to have a wobble.

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United always had this break at the end of March circled as a prime opportunity to make progress with that appointment. But if they were hoping for clarity it hasn't arrived.

Pochettino has his fans inside the United dressing room but it's beginning to look like he has none inside his current dressing room. PSG have lost four of their last six games in all competitions and while the Ligue 1 title is still a certainty, that is never going to be enough silver to keep a man in a job in Paris.

The collapse at Real Madrid in the Champions League was striking but successive away defeats to Nantes, Nice and now Monaco, who beat PSG 3-0 on Sunday, reflect a team and a manager who are drifting apart. Pochettino might be a lot easier to appoint for United pretty quickly, but alarm bells should be ringing.

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