Louis Saha sends warning to Man Utd fans who want Mauricio Pochettino to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Louis Saha has issued a warning to Manchester United fans

who want former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino to

replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils clinched a morale-boosting victory over Jose

Mourinho’s Spurs on Wednesday evening but are still just

sixth in the Premier League, eight points adrift of the top-

four.

Solskjaer has been under immense pressure throughout the

season and Pochettino was immediately linked with a move

to Manchester United after his sacking from Tottenham.

But Saha believes Solskjaer is still the ‘best person’ for

United and says even popular manager Pochettino would

‘struggle to achieve results with the current Red Devils

squad.

Mauricio Pochettino would be a great appointment for

Manchester United but any manager in the world would

struggle to achieve results with this squad,’ Saha told bwin.

‘That’s why I think Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is still the best

person for Man United. He has a rebuilding job, and

improving doesn’t necessarily mean getting right to the top.

‘He knows United. He needs to get this team playing the

United way again and most importantly needs to connect

them with the fans. Any other manager would find the

challenge too difficult.’

Former Manchester United striker Saha added: ‘Solskjaer is

the man to take the club forward, he has a big job to do and

he needs time to make that happen.

‘He needs more buy in from the players themselves, they

need to be willing to run more kilometres than anyone else,

make those tackles and interceptions, work hard for each

other and then the results will come.

‘That is the first part of the job. If the team can do that, they

will start getting the results under Solskjaer and fortunes will

start to change.’

Asked to rate United’s start to the 2019-20 campaign, Saha

said: ‘It has been difficult to watch, there is no fear factor

and the team’s approach has been all wrong in some

games.

When you look at the team, it looks completely different to

what a Man United team used to be; the team looks like 11

individuals rather than a group playing together.

‘When I was playing, even though there were a lot of cliques,

there was a solid group of players that stuck together and

that created team spirit.

‘You need characters to hold the team together and react

positively. Solskjaer’s toughest job is bringing the spirit back

to Manchester United and that has started already.

‘But Man United isn’t an academy, it is one of the greatest

football clubs in the world so they need to start delivering

strong performances and results.’