The club announced on Friday that the Argentine, currently in charge of the US men's team, will start work as the new head coach from November 18.
Mauricio Pochettino will arrive at Manchester United next week with an overflowing in-tray of problems to solve as he plots their escape from the Premier League relegation zone.
The club announced on Friday that the Argentine, currently in charge of the US men's team, will start work as the new head coach from November 18.
Just four days later he will take his new team, 18th in the league, to the home of bitter rivals Liverpool.
United could be bottom of the table by then, depending on results involving Sunderland and Crystal Palace.
AFP Sport looks at the most pressing problems for the man who replaced the sacked Michael Carrick in the Old Trafford hot seat.
Manchester United must start winning games quickly to quash talk of an unlikely relegation.
Their haul of eight points after 10 games -- with a solitary win -- is their lowest tally at this stage of a league season for 40 years.
The omens are troubling, even if a drop into the second-tier Championship appears unlikely.
There have been 41 teams who have earned exactly eight points at this stage of a Premier League season, and 17…
