Pochettino was asked if he was satisfied with what he achieved in charge of the US team. He dodged a question on what had appealed to him about the United job, and he was doing his best not to talk about Manchester United yet.
"Dear United fans, I've had the immense privilege of leading Manchester United, the football club that I love,"Carrick said."There are very few who get to live that and feel it, and for that I am incredibly grateful.".
The appointment puts a coach known for demanding, high-running teams in charge at Old Trafford. According to The Guardian's live coverage, his first game in charge is at Anfield.
Pochettino often prefers a 4-2-3-1. Much has been made of his desire to see his sides run, and then run some more. In the space of one season at Chelsea, he improved the team's running statistics, the coverage said, without giving figures.
The same live blog said United may look to recruit more hard-running midfielders in January or the summer to suit those preferences. It judged Baleba the only current United midfielder with the legs to cover large spaces. That was an assessment in the coverage, not a club announcement.
He said he wanted nothing but success for Manchester United. The live coverage described him as classy and dignified to the end, while noting the weight of the job he had held.
The Guardian's blog also returned to Carrick's end-of-season speech on the Old Trafford turf in May, after a 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest. It said his connection with the Stretford End was still evident, and that the bond would not be broken despite the events of recent months.
On the timing, the coverage remarked that naming an international manager during an international break had a familiar look at modern Manchester United. It offered that as observation, not as an explanation from the club.