Lose to Everton early this afternoon and Ole Gunnar Solskajer will be under an enormous amount of pressure at Manchester United.

The Red Devils have made a disappointing start to the Premier League season, winning just two of their opening six matches. The consolation was that they had made a promising start to their Champions League campaign, beating both Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig.

But following Wednesday’s awful 2-1 loss to Istanbul Basaksehir in that competition, questions were being asked about the future of the United boss.

Forty-eight hours before United’s wretched loss in Turkey, a certain Mauricio Pochettino returned to our screens on Monday Night Football. The former Tottenham manager is the favourite to replace Solskajer at Old Trafford and his appearance, a day after United’s 1-0 loss to Arsenal, was timed beautifully.

Who wouldn’t want Pochettino as their manager?

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Well, the Argentine has reportedly been approached by the club and is being readied if they do decide to sack Solskjaer.

Pochettino will no doubt jump at the chance of returning to management but what can he do with this United side?

Which players will he get the best out of? Which players will flourish under him?

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While it’s all speculation at this stage, we can look at his previous comments on current United players to discover what he really thinks of them.

That’s exactly what the Mirror have done, identifying four players that Pochettino has previous spoken about.

Let's take a look:

Paul Pogba

Pogba’s United career is in a state of flux with the Frenchman failing to show his ability on a consistent basis. Could Pochettino’s arrival see the midfielder extend his stay at the Theatre of Dreams? Well, Poch clearly rates him…

"When you play in this Premier League, every weekend, or every three days as we've been playing in the last few months, always it's about the opponent have a few players that can make the difference," Pochettino said back in January.

"Like last Tuesday it was Hazard, and now Pogba. Pogba is a very talented player, a great player of course. But it's not only Pogba or Hazard, there are different players around.

"Of course they are special players. Manchester United have a great squad with great players with a lot of quality. Of course we are not going to be only focused on Pogba, we need to be focused on the whole team not just one player."

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Luke Shaw

Shaw is probably more desperate than any other United player for Pochettino to arrive. The left-back played under Poch at Southampton with the manager even claiming he was one of the best in the world in his position.

“He can play at Real Madrid or the World starting XI. He really has the quality to do so,” Pochettino said in 2014.

“I am not sure if he is one already. I think so. I am not sure if he is already the best one in the world.”

"I think with Southampton he achieved the impossible” Shaw wrote in the epilogue of his former manager’s book. “We were one of the best footballing teams in the league… I do hope that I can play for him again one day. And I think he really wants me to play under him again.

"He used to call me his son, that's how good our relationship was. I've had lots of ups and downs, but when I was with Pochettino it was only ever up, up, up.”

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Donny van de Beek

Van de Beek’s United career hasn't gone to plan so far so could Pochettino be the man to get the best out of the £35 million signing?

“Van de Beek. Nobody talks much about him. But he has a dynamic in the game, he gets behind Tadic, he arrives, he works, he scores goals,” Pochettino said before Spurs faced Ajax in the Champions League semi-final.

“Logically, I love De Jong and De Ligt. But the example of the operation of this Ajax is Van de Beek. I like very much. They have a young player, from the academy, in each line, that shows what the team is.”

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Odion Ighalo

Ighalo is struggling for game-time and United this season but, back in 2015, Pochettino recognised his ability.

“Ighalo is very good, I know him from Spain and he’s a striker that is difficult to deal with. We need to be clever and do our job for Monday.”

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