good evening. i'm marc edwards with all your latest sports news. the former tottenham hotspur manager, mauricio pochettino, is tonight the leading contender to take over as manager of manchester united, following the departure of 0le gunnar solskjaer. it's not thought the club has made an approach, but pochettino is understood to be open to taking the job now. it's thought he's not completely happy with the setup at his current club, paris saint—germain. he's essentially first—team coach there under sporting director leonardo. pochettino has been at psg for ten months, and they sit 11 points clear at the top of the league after 1a games. it's the manchester united players who are the ones taking responsibility for solskjaer�*s exit at the club — that's according to united captain, harry maguire. he was speaking earlier alongside michael carrick, who's been put in charge of the team for now as a temporary head coach. saturday's 4—1 loss to watford, their fifth defeat in seven league matches, proved to be the final straw for the united