Manchester United have also held internal discussions over the appointment of Julian Nagelsmann amid links with UMSNT boss Mauricio Pochettino. The Red Devils are expected to sack Michael Carrick after a torrid start to the season that has seen United win just one of their first 10 Premier League games.

Carrick did oversee a comeback win over AS Roma in the Champions League and a comeback draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League over the weekend, but those results do not look to be sufficient to have saved the former midfielder.

The sacking decision hasn't been made yet, but with reports gathering pace, attention is already turning to who could be next in at Old Trafford. USMNT boss Pochettino is one of the main candidates, available for $10million due to a release clause in his US Soccer contract.

But that is an expensive bill to pay for a manager, and United have other irons in the fire, namely former Germany boss Nagelsmann, who has previously won a league and cup double with Bayern Munich, while he also impressed with RB Leipzig, though his spell with Germany ended in disappointment.

GIVEMESPORT's Ben Jacobs has posted on X: "Michael Carrick's #MUFC contract contains a break clause, making an exit more affordable than with previous Manchester United managers. Mauricio Pochettino, one of the leading contenders for the role, also has a release clause, which multiple sources believe will not prove prohibitive if #MUFC choose to proceed. The former Spurs and Chelsea boss is open to the role despite only recently extended his contract with US Soccer.

"Free agents Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann have also been discussed. £3m due to Newcastle if Howe was to be appointed."

Pochettino will be the most attractive option, while Howe has already split opinion among United fans, who may feel as though the appointment would not be ambitious enough. Howe has worked his way up the Premier League at AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United, but he does not have any experience at a top club, and United need to finally appoint a manager with top-level experience.

As for Nagelsmann, he has spent time at the top of the game, but one could argue that his results have not been of an elite level.

It's never easy to win a league or a cup, but at Bayern Munich, it's an easier task, and he struggled with a very talented Germany side.

Still, at 39 years of age, Nagelsmann has an impressive CV, and you would like to think he will only continue to improve having already worked with plenty of elite players.

Current Germany boss Jurgen Klopp, who replaced Nagelsmann, has previously said of his predecessor:

“Julian coached a Bundesliga team in Germany when he was 28, which is a really exceptional story.”

“Being at that age, now he is in the age I was when I started coaching but he is doing it already for five or six years, which is really exceptional. Still young. “I'm afraid to say, but probably will still get better and better over the years, like we all got, but is already really highest quality.”

That's a verdict to take notice of, with Klopp knowing very well what makes a top coach, and the added benefit of Nagelsmann is that he would arrive at Old Trafford for free and save the Red Devils around £7.5million.