Mauricio Pochettino will be the next Man Utd head coach and the club are in the final stages of talks over a deal to bring him in.

Manchester United are in the final stages of wrapping up a deal to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as their next head coach, after Michael Carrick was sacked on Thursday morning.

United made Pochettino their top target after deciding they could no longer continue with Carrick in charge earlier this week, with a high-level meeting in Monaco on Wednesday finalising next steps.

An outline agreement is in place between United and Pochettino's camp, and the framework of a deal has now also been agreed with US Soccer, with Pochettino's contract including a $10million (£7.4million) release clause.

Pochettino will be keen to bring several members of his long-serving backroom team with him to Old Trafford, with deals for staff members including his No.2 Jesus Perez, assistant coach Miguel D'Agostino, goalkeeper coach Antonio Jimenez and Pochettino's son and sports scientist Sebastiano also needing to be finalised.

The deal to bring Pochettino in to replace Carrick has been described as a "fast-moving" situation, but it has been complicated by the fact that the 54-year-old is due to take charge of the USA for their Concacaf Nations League quarter-final against Haiti during the international break.

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The tie will be played over two legs, with the first game taking place at 9.30pm UK time on Saturday and the second in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Part of the discussions with US Soccer are over whether Pochettino takes charge of those games, or is released from his contract to begin work at United immediately.

Clarity on the situation could be delivered before Pochettino faces the media for the first time this week. He has been at the national training centre just outside Atlanta this week, planning for the first leg against Haiti, and is due to hold his pre-match press conference there at 9.15am local time (2.15pm UK time) on Friday.