Manchester United to reach £100m spent on managers since Sir Alex Ferguson's exit

United's board is meeting Ratcliffe in Monaco to recommend sacking Carrick and appointing Pochettino, which would push total managerial spending past £100m since Ferguson left.

Manchester United's spending on managerial changes in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era is set to exceed £100 million if the club proceeds with replacing Michael Carrick with Mauricio Pochettino.

United's board is meeting Sir Jim Ratcliffe in Monaco where they are expected to recommend Carrick's dismissal. The club would need to pay approximately £7.4 million in compensation to release Pochettino from his role as manager of the United States national team, plus an estimated £2.9 million to Carrick for his dismissal.

Sacking Carrick would bring United's total spend on manager dismissals in the post-Ferguson era to £79.1 million. Adding Pochettino's appointment fee of £7.4 million would raise the overall hiring bill to £21 million. Pochettino would become United's eighth permanent manager since Ferguson's departure, a period that has yielded just five trophies.