Morgan Schneiderlin has delivered one of the most compelling endorsements yet of Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the Argentine's expected arrival at Manchester United — insisting the 54-year-old has the rare personal magnetism to reunite a club in disarray.

Manchester United are searching for a new manager after managing just one league win in 10 matches under Michael Carrick. Pochettino is widely regarded as the leading candidate to take the reins at Old Trafford, and Schneiderlin, who played the best football of his career under the Argentine at Southampton, says the appointment would be a transformative one.

A spell cast in Spanish

Schneiderlin recalled, speaking via Comeon.com, that Pochettino's authority was immediate — even before he had mastered English. The language barrier, it turned out, was no barrier at all.