Next Manchester United manager: Gary Neville calls Mauricio Pochettino ‘outstanding candidate’ as Mourinho sacked

Gary Neville has claimed that Mauricio Pochettino is the “outstanding candidate” to replace Jose Mourinho as Manchester United manager after the Portuguese was relieved of his duties on Tuesday morning. Former United defender Neville was asked on Sky Sports, for whom he works as a pundit, who he would choose as the next coach at Old Trafford and was in little doubt as to who Ed Woodward should be targeting. “I was fortunate enough to spend two or three days at Tottenham’s training ground and for me he just feels like the most ideal candidate,” Neville said.