Reports | Manchester United holds talk with Ernesto Valverde over interim position

Michael Carrick was put in charge of the club on a temporary basis as they look to navigate their way through a run of difficult fixtures. However, according to Goal, the English club have held preliminary talks with former Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde on taking over the club on an interim basis after PSG refused to let go of Mauricio Pochettino. Valverde, who left Barcelona in 2020 after winning 2 La Liga titles, is the preferred choice of the United board to take over until the remainder of the season.

United are continuing to pursue their quest of hiring an interim manager before finding someone suitable to take over permanently and it is understood that Pochettino is the preferred choice to take over permanently. But while the former Tottenham coach is interested, the Red Devils' first enquiry was pegged back as the Argentine is under contract until 2023. The club have thus focused on recruiting Valverde with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is involved alongside football director John Murtogh and technical director Darren Fletcher.