Manchester United have confirmed that an agreement is in place for Mauricio Pochettino to become the eighth manager of the club since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure in 2013.
A club statement read: "Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the Manchester United men’s head coach from 18 November.
"The club has reached an agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation for Mauricio and his staff to be released after the conclusion of their responsibilities with the U.S. Men’s National Team."
Many have tried, and all have failed to fill the shoes of Ferguson since he parted ways with the Red Devils as a 13-time Premier League winner in 2013.
Not only has Man Utd's demise hindered their reputation -- with Liverpool leveling their top-flight success tally and fierce rivals Manchester City significantly bridging the gap -- but their search for the right man to steer the club forward has come at a sizeable cost.
We've taken a look at how much Man Utd have spent on hiring and firing managers since Ferguson bade farewell to Old Trafford.
Manchester United's managerial costs since Sir Alex Ferguson
Manager | Cost to hire | Cost to fire | Total |
David Moyes | £0.0m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
Louis van Gaal | £0.0m | £8.4m | £8.4m |
Jose Mourinho | £0.0m | £19.6m | £19.6m |
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | £1.0m | £10.0m | £11.0m |
Ralf Rangnick | £0.0m | £14.7m | £14.7m |
Erik ten Hag | £1.6m | £10.4m | £12.0m |
Ruben Amorim | £11.0m | £8.2m | £19.2m |
Michael Carrick | £0.0m | £2.9m* | £2.9m* |
Mauricio Pochettino | £7.4m | N/A | £7.4m |
Total | £21.0m | £79.1m | £100.1m |
Fees collected from the Manchester Evening News and include cost to hire and fire manager and backroom staff.
*The cost to fire Michael Carrick and his backroom staff is an estimation and has not yet been revealed.
Man Utd have spent a reported £100.1m on the hiring of firing of managers since Ferguson left in 2013.
£79.1m of this financial burden has come from the dismissal of managers and their backroom staff, with Pochettino's arrival -- which is expected to set them back £7.4m -- taking the cost of hiring managers up to £21.0m.
While it cost the club nothing to hire Mourinho -- who was a free agent -- in 2016, it cost them £19.6m to part ways with him and his team in December 2018 after two-and-a-half seasons in charge.
While Mourinho has cost Man Utd more money than any other manager, Ruben Amorim runs him close. The club spent £11.0m to prise the highly-rated coach from Sporting CP in 2024, before paying £8.2m to sack the manager and his staff after a 1-1 draw against Leeds United in January 2026.
The £8.2m compensation fee likely would have risen, but the Portuguese manager took the AC Milan job in June, meaning that the Red Devils no longer owed Amorim due to rules that a club only owes a sacked manager their remaining salary while they remain unemployed.
