With one victory in their first 10 Premier League matches, Manchester United have made their worst start to a top-flight campaign since the 1986-87 season.
They are 18th in the table, one point above bottom club Crystal Palace.
United directors will meet in Monaco on Wednesday to discuss Michael Carrick's future as his 10-month spell as head coach comes under major scrutiny.
If the 45-year-old former player departs, it would mean an eighth permanent boss for the Red Devils since Sir Alex Ferguson retired 13 years ago.
That would be as many managerial changes as they have made across the previous 68 years dating back to Sir Matt Busby's appointment in 1945.
BBC Sport takes a look at the leading candidates who could replace Carrick.
Premier League record: P294, W150; Win percentage: 51; Points per game ratio (PPG): 1.77
Did you know: Pochettino averaged 1.89 points per game during his spell at Tottenham, the best ratio of any Spurs manager to have taken charge of 25 or more Premier League games.
United's long-standing interest in the Argentine, 54, dates back a decade.
At Spurs, he moulded their best team in a generation, but ultimately came up short of winning a trophy, losing both the Champions League and League Cup finals, and posted second and third-placed finishes.
