{"id":17283,"date":"2026-11-13T20:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/pochettino-sheds-tears-explains-why-he-left-usa-for-man-utd\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T20:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:15:50","slug":"pochettino-sheds-tears-explains-why-he-left-usa-for-man-utd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/pochettino-sheds-tears-explains-why-he-left-usa-for-man-utd\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino sheds tears, explains why he left USA for Man Utd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Pochettino-sheds-tears-explains-why-he-left-USA-for-Man-Utd.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pochettino sheds tears, explains why he left USA for Man Utd\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Pochettino-sheds-tears-explains-why-he-left-USA-for-Man-Utd.jpg 678w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Pochettino-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Adegboyega Adeleye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mauricio Pochettino broke down in tears as he explained his decision to accept Manchester United\u2019s offer after only recently signing a new contract with the United States national team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Argentine described leaving the USA job as \u201cone of the most difficult\u201d decisions of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to BBC Sport, Pochettino was announced as Michael Carrick\u2019s successor on Friday and has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at Old Trafford. United triggered a release clause of about \u00a37.4 million, with a further payment for his backroom staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to talk now,\u201d Pochettino said at his first news conference after the move was confirmed. \u201cI\u2019m a very emotional guy. It\u2019s a very sad decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 54-year-old said the chance to manage Manchester United was too rare to turn down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI never said I wanted to go back, but they know there aren\u2019t too many opportunities that happen in your career like Manchester United,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen it arrives, it\u2019s difficult to turn down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pochettino signed a new four-year contract with the USA in the summer but will lead the national team in matches against Haiti on November 14 and 18 before departing for Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrick was sacked on Thursday after United\u2019s worst start to a domestic campaign in 40 years. The club are 18th in the Premier League after winning once in 10 league matches and sit one point above bottom-placed Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pochettino\u2019s first match in charge is scheduled to be away to Liverpool on November 22.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/pochettino-sheds-tears-explains-why-he-left-usa-for-man-utd\/\">Pochettino sheds tears, explains why he left USA for Man Utd<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adegboyega Adeleye Mauricio Pochettino broke down in tears as he explained his decision to accept Manchester United\u2019s offer after only recently signing a new contract with the United States&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}