Manchester United players' training complaint would get worse under Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino will naturally start to be linked with Manchester United amid the uncertain future of Erik ten Hag.

Ironically, he could have been lining up against the Dutchman in the FA Cup final this weekend if Nicolas Jackson had buried his chances against Manchester City in the semi-finals. As it is, he is now unemployed.

Pochettino finished two places higher and three points better off than Ten Hag at United. Chelsea are guaranteed European football next season while United will miss out upon a defeat at Wembley. It’s been yet another forgettable campaign for the club, who finished eighth in the Premier League table.

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United are operating under the working assumption Ten Hag will remain in charge next season although the Manchester Evening News understands Ratcliffe is "not completely sold" on the Dutchman.

Exiting the League Cup and Champions League before Christmas was a kick to the stomach, while off-field matters brought the wrong type of attention. Jadon Sancho - now set to play in a Champions League final - secured a move to Borussia Dortmund in January after his fall out with the manager.

Antony was also unavailable for a period of time due to legal matters while Marcus Rashford was seen out clubbing after the Manchester derby defeat in October and ahead of the FA Cup trip to Newport in January.

A small number of players have also complained about Ten Hag’s training methods, namely the amount of running they are having to do. These groans would only grow under Pochettino given his own intense thesis.

Christian Eriksen played 255 games under Pochettino at