Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has blunt reply on Man Utd links as Ten Hag under-fire | Football | Sport
Mauricio Pochettino refused to answer questions on his previous links to the Manchester United job ahead of Chelsea‘s trip to Old Trafford on Wednesday. The Argentine manager was among those in consideration to succeed interim manager Ralf Rangnick in the United dugout ahead of the start of last season.
However, the club opted to go with Ajax boss Erik ten Hag instead. Ten Hag went on to have a decent maiden campaign with United, winning the Carabao Cup and securing fourth place in the Premier League while Pochettino got sacked from PSG and spent 10 months out of work.
Pochettino has since taken the reigns at Chelsea where he has endured a mixed campaign. Meanwhile, Ten Hag’s side hax suffered a dramatic decline in form this season.
The Red Devils sit seventh in England’s top flight and rock bottom of their Champions League group at the time of writing. But it isn’t on the field where Ten Hag is feeling the heat.
Reports had emerged that Ten Hag is facing a dressing room revolt, over his alleged refusal to act on concerns voiced by his players. On Wednesday, Man Utd host Chelsea in a must-win Premier League game for both sides – and both managers.
During his pre-match press conference, Pochettino was pressed on the situation at United and whether he is glad he dodged the job at Old Trafford. But the Blues boss didn’t want to get drawn into making a verbal blunder. “Again, I’m not going to talk about… you laugh but I you try to make me talk too much, I don’t want to make a mistake,” he said.
“I am not the person to talk what is going on at different clubs. I am happy here in this project. We are dealing with many situations we need to improve also.
“Maybe if someone sees the project from outside maybe they thing we need advice from the outside. We are building something here and 200% focused on evolving and developing the project we want together. That is my focus to try and deliver the job.”