BREAKING: Man Utd Appoint Mauricio Pochettino! | Rio Reacts

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0:21Yes, guys, this is Rio Reacts. We're here again. I mean, the news keep coming in every day. There's something new. And obviously today, Maurizio Pochettino, as we've been told, as we've been guessed, as we were briefed, is now the new Manchester United manager. He doesn't come until the 18th after he's finished the international games with the USA. But he has been announced as the manager of the football club now. So, guys, the leaking, the briefing, it was all true. And Michael Carrick is no longer the Man United manager. But Maurizio Pochettino, again, he's got Premier League experience. He's managed Spurs in the Premier League.

0:57He's managed Southampton there. One thing I would say, he's been a name that's been kind of in and around it for the last probably three or four appointments due to what he's done at his previous clubs and the way he handles himself. And so that tells you that he's obviously been somebody that the club have actually been earmarked every now and again, but just never quite got it over the line. They've managed to do it now. Is this the right time for him or the best time that we could have got him? I don't know. I hope it is. but one thing I would say is we're looking for somebody that's going to help bleed youngsters and grow players and help players mature in the kit, on the pitch, live in front of our eyes he's done it, he's done it with the likes of Son Kane, Dele Alli and a few more so he's got that experience he's got that know-how but at the same time at Manchester United under this spotlight it's very very different the pressure is different, the ask is different the desire from the fans the appetite from the fans here the amount of fans, the volume of fans is all different but I think he's somebody who can handle it I've met him on numerous occasions shared a dinner table with him and a couple of glasses of bottles of red wine the guy's a football man he's got a very good solid team around him but like we've seen with all these managers where we've had great experienced managers managers that have done magical things in the past managers that are part of the club's history and legends the ask at Manchester United it requires something that's a little bit different, especially right now because the club's in such a dire strait.

2:26It's in a bad position where a team lacking any type of confidence, where a team almost, it seems like, lacking any type of direction. There aren't enough leaders in the dressing room. That needs to change. People need to grow. People's chest needs to come out now rather than shoulders rolling over and just looking to get their turtlenecks out and just say who else is going to get the finger pointed on this week. got to get big characters in there got to grow something man got to be able to come out there and go you know what guys if i'm going to be the man who takes it this week it's fine but i'm going to i'm going to take risks i'm going to try and perform we're going to try and play to the level that's required to be a man united player and at the moment for too many occasions and too many other players haven't hit the standard the lads are going to be coming back to a whole new coaching team that are going to be there which is uh which is absolutely fine but at the same time a lot of them will be looking at themselves and be selfish about it like what's what's the new manager like?

3:22What's his coaching staff like? Do I know any of them? Am I going to be the one that's now playing? Kobe mainly benefited from Michael Carrick coming in because he wasn't playing. What's going to be the situation? He'll be thinking am I going to go back to what was happening under Ruber Amorim or am I going to be the same as Michael Carrick? Does he like this type of player that I am or not? All those questions will be going around all of the players' minds. So that's just natural. Again, I'd love one of the Ineos guys to come out and just give us a little bit of background into how they came to the decision.

3:48Why? What was it like speaking to michael carrick um how did he take it etc humanize the whole situation that's all we're asking for this has been a soap opera um and if we're going to continue like a soap opera why don't we just make sure people's faces are put to it we can see what's really going on behind the scenes and understand it all because as fans that's what you want but another manager's gone another manager comes in now and there's been many people saying is it really about about just a manager is it just a manager is there more to this

4:21There's been that much going on at the football club. There's been that negative at times that even the new manager coming in doesn't, you're not sitting there going, oh my God, this is really exciting now. I'm just sitting there going, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm hoping Pochettino is the right guy. Can he get this bunch going? They've seen off many managers, these players. They've seen off far too many managers to think that, you know what, a new manager is going to be a completely different whole experience. Because we might have an uplift. and this is the thing that I was thinking about last night and I won't be surprised if we get an uplifting performance and a few results but like we saw with this group of players once the shit hits the fan or it starts going a bit left we haven't got the character or the amount of leaders or players to carry us through them moments and ride those bumps ride those negative moments that's an issue and that's where the manager has to earn his crust and find a way to get these guys believing in themselves even when there's a little bit of negativity that surrounds the place because that's where you earn your crust.

5:23But I'm interested to see what happens. The first game, I think, is Liverpool. Uri's going to play, so it's a baptism of fire immediately. Tough game, tough assignment. But he probably wouldn't want it any other way. A huge game where he's not expected to absolutely win it and run away of it. So it could be a little bit of a free hit, who knows. But yeah, it's going to be a tough ask for Pochettino and his staff. But I do like him. I think he's a good people person. I think he'll be able to rally the troops to a certain extent. But again, there's so much rebuilding to be done. And again, I don't want to sound negative.

5:59I don't want my voice or my demeanor to sound negative, guys. But I look at it and just think, wow, I'm not even excited. A new manager's coming to the club and I can't get excited about it. And I actually like Mojester Pochettino a lot. so it's nothing to do with him, it's no reflection of him, it's just where I'm at with things at the football club, and I think that's going to be a lot of fans from what I see online, and when I see people walking around, it's just such a kind of dejected feel at the moment with the club, and the way that things are, so hopefully the results will pick up, hopefully the new manager comes in and changes the vibe of the place, so he's managed Spurs, Southampton and Chelsea, obviously Spurs and Chelsea are the bigger the three clubs, which is which is no disrespect to Southampton but Manchester United is a whole nother ball game from with all due respect to Chelsea and Spurs them two together don't match up to be what you get the scrutiny the pressure the expectations that you get the the the media attention that you get as a Man United coach so it's going to be very different uh he's managed at PSG as well where yeah it is very much uh a pressurized uh pressurized situation there and there's a lot of expectations but man united is a different kettle of fish and um i'd love to see how he feels going in there morrisio pochettino and then after two months get an understanding that actually yeah this is the realism of it and and where do i think it is in terms of what i expected it to be because i think it'll be much higher than he ever anticipated but watch this space guys rio reacts i'm sure i'll be back in the coming days to react to situations that arise surrounding man united and all the other football talking points that are going on in the world of football so you guys thank you very much make sure your notifications are on make sure you keep telling a friend make sure you subscribe if you're not already subscribing to keep ahead of all the news that comes out so guys I'm sorry guys I'm actually here I've got my two sons that are just joining me over in Dubai as well just going to get a walk but in the background there you can see there's a tournament going off a young tournament under 7s, under 8s, under 9s one of my kids is playing so I've got to get back there guys and I've got to go and take it and I think he's coming on the pitch in a minute so I want to see what's going on so love you and leave you thanks a lot guys take care subscribe, turn on for notifications to make sure you send a friend to stay oppressive all the news and scum in the world of football.

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