Manchester United have agreed a deal to appoint Mauricio Pochettino on a two-and-a-half-year contract, with the club paying $10million (£7.4m) in compensation to release him from his role as manager of the United States' national team.
Additional compensation will be required to release his four coaching staff members from their roles with the US setup.
Pochettino's final USA games before move
Pochettino is set to take charge of the USA's games against Haiti on Saturday and in the early hours of Wednesday morning, before flying to Manchester to begin preparations for the Liverpool game on November 22.
United's non-international players have been given a mini-break from today and are due to return to training on Tuesday, meaning Under-21 boss Adam Lawrence may be required to oversee at least two training sessions.
Lawrence oversaw training at Carrington on Thursday, with a handful of first-team players working with a group of mostly academy players. Darren Fletcher has also been involved in makeshift training plans.
Backroom staff to follow Pochettino
Pochettino's backroom staff will be made up of assistant coach Jesus Perez, assistant coach Miguel D’Agostino and goalkeeper coach Antonio Jimenez, who have worked with him at every job since his first role in 2009 at former club Espanyol.
His son, sports scientist Sebastiano Pochettino, will also join United, having begun working on his backroom staff during Pochettino's time in charge at Tottenham.
United's current league position
Pochettino is poised to inherit a United side that is sitting in 18th position in the Premier League, having won just one of their 10 league games, but the club's board believe the squad is far better than results have shown.
The mood at Carrington is understood to have plummeted following Carrick's dismissal. Employees have been left questioning decision-makers and were only informed that Carrick had been sacked when they received an email after Sky Sports News broadcast the update.
