Pochettino’s Chelsea maelstrom the best yardstick for what lies ahead at United

Among the 20 managers with more than 290 matches in the Premier League, only the five “big beasts” of Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger, José Mourinho, Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have better points-per-game averages than Mauricio Pochettino. He is an elite manager.

However, the Argentinian has competed in only one of the past six Premier League campaigns. Winning Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France in an 18-month spell with Paris Saint-Germain tells us little. His most pertinent recent experience for the Manchester United job is the 2023-24 season he spent at Chelsea, a campaign that left more questions than answers.