As I said couple of weeks ago. People are overrating what Pochettino has done for Spurs. He has been good for Spurs and he took them a step further but that step was not that big. Look at the squad he had when he first arrived. Look at table couple of years before he came. Spurs were not a bad team. They were very good and finished 4-6 in table. Not bad considering strenght of other top teams. Good manager? Absolutly. But I'll stop there before saying world class or top manager. 0 trophies.
this is something overlooked a lot with Pochettino.
People love to make a big deal of his lack of spending (although he has actually spent a fair bit!), but what is glossed over, is that he already had a lot of the pieces needed for his team, so the rebuild was far less than it would be at a lot of clubs. Imagine the job he'd have had on without some of the major pieces aleady being in place. He already had Lloris, Vertonghen, Rose, Eriksen, Dembele and Walker, players who'd play significant roles for him, as well as Ali and Kane already being at the club, with Kane having broken into the first team late the previous season. Plus they added Dier and Davies that summer. The biggest transfer work he had to do those first couple windows was actually clearing out players surplus to requirements from a bloated squad.
Yes, I am sure Poch helped improve many of these players, but these where already good players, and yes, he is a good coach, goes without saying, but sometimes I get the feeling the hype is slightly larger than is should be.
IF he went to United, my question would be - would you be confident he could master a rebuild of the squad? I know you have good pieces in place, but most United fans here seem to be of the opinion that to compete with City and Liverpool and in the CL they need to strengthen significantly.