{"id":1234566,"date":"2021-11-23T16:12:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1234566"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:12:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:12:34","slug":"rio-ferdinand-carlos-queiroz-interim-manager-man-utd","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/rio-ferdinand-carlos-queiroz-interim-manager-man-utd\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand makes surprise interim manager suggestion for Man Utd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rio Ferdinand has his reservations that heavily-linked Mauricio Pochettino would take the vacant managerial position at Manchester United this season because &#8220;<span>he\u2019s a man of integrity&#8221; and will want to honour his position at PSG.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The search for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s successor has begun after the Norwegian was relieved of his duties following a sobering 4-1 loss to Watford at the weekend, which was the club&#8217;s fourth Premier League defeat in five games, leaving the club eighth in the table.<\/p>\n<p>A host of names are being touted for the Old Trafford hotseat, among those include <span>Zinedine Zidane, Brendan Rodgers and Erik ten Hag, as well as former Tottenham manager and current PSG boss Pochettino, who remains the favourite\u00a0among bookies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FM22 Wonderkids | The best young players you&#039;ve (probably) never heard of | Football Manager 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSjU-rXPaB0?start=127&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Solskjaer&#8217;s former coach Michael Carrick has stepped up and will take the reins as caretaker manager. But long term, Ferdinand believes <span>Pochettino is the man for the job, though he did suggest the Argentine will not want to part with PSG now, but wait until the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that Pochettino leaves PSG during the season,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span>Ferdinand said on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r7Vr_n0yndU&amp;ab_channel=RioFerdinandPresentsFIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vibe with FIVE YouTube channel<\/em><\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s a man of integrity, he\u2019s a man of respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s grateful for the opportunity to be at PSG and as a man, I think he\u2019ll just say: \u2018If they want me that bad they\u2019ll wait\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think from the media that we saw over the last couple of years when he was out of work, that for him Man United is the pinnacle, it&#8217;s the club he\u2019d love to get to, get his hands on and guide the club.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a lot of stuff going on at PSG so you have to be respectful in that sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about what PSG want as well because they\u2019re not the kind of club that will just relinquish their manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m putting money on Pochettino, for the end of the season, start of next season, my money\u2019s on Pochettino being manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand also gave a rather left field suggestion when discussing the current situation of Man Utd&#8217;s interim position, believing <span>former assistant manager Carlos Queiroz would drop his duties as Egypt head coach to stabilise the Red Devils for the next six or so months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat about Carlos Queiroz?\u201d Ferdinand put forward. \u201cI think if Man United come calling for someone like Carlos Queiroz, he drops whatever he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Ferdinand has his reservations that heavily-linked Mauricio Pochettino would take the vacant managerial position at Manchester United this season because &#8220;he\u2019s a man of integrity&#8221; and will want to honour his position at PSG. 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