From Mauricio Pochettino, there was hardly a moment of hesitation, a tumbling over words or a false step. The PSG manager is the preferred candidate to take over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United and was not about to do anything to entirely dismiss the notion that he may take the job.
Sitting in a small press conference room across town from Old Trafford at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, Pochettino in many ways presented himself as any credible United manager should. Confident, assured and as in control as anybody ever can be in a situation like this.