Arsenal title winner Paul Merson insists Manchester United need to swerve PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino after this week's Champions League collapse at Real Madrid.
Pochettino could only watch on in horror as his PSG side surrendered a two-goal aggregate lead to lose to Real Madrid in midweek as their dreams of winning Europe's top prize became dust.
The Argentine is among the frontrunners to become United's next permanent manager in the summer with his tenure at PSG almost certainly coming to a close.
Merson wrote in his Daily Star column: "Manchester United should be running a mile from Mauricio Pochettino after his Champions League fiasco with Paris Saint-Germain.
"United were cringeworthy in the Manchester derby. Embarrassing. Not one United player gets in the City team. Not one single player. And that's extraordinary.
"It was like watching an FA Cup tie between a Premier League side and a non-league team.
"But if you were a United fan watching PSG collapse against Real Madrid you'd be even more worried.
"Everyone knows United love Pochettino but I'm not sure he's right for them at all."
Merson added: "I don't think they should be going for Pochettino at all. That should be the end of that.
"He didn't win a trophy at Tottenham. Didn't win the league in his first season at PSG, where that is basically a given. And now this."
Merson concluded by saying "the last person they need in charge of that [the rebuild] right now is Mauricio Pochettino."
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