Manchester United are an ‘absolute mess’ and Bruno Fernandes’ contract decision has only made things worse.That’s the opinion of talkSPORT’s Jamie O’Hara, who believes Fernandes rejecting a new deal shows just how bad things are.Fernandes has rejected a second contract offer at Man United to add their miserable start to the seasonGettyThe Man United captain, whose current contract runs out at the end of the season, turned down a second offer from the club. And it means his future at Old Trafford looks increasingly bleak amid their ongoing nightmare start to the campaign.United sit 18th in the Premier League after winning just one of their opening ten games and have just sacked manager Michael Carrick.The sacking came after a drawn-out process by the Red Devils’ hierarchy, which has been slammed and labelled ‘disgusting’.It leaves things on the red side of Manchester in turmoil and that has clearly had an impact on Fernandes’ contract rejection.Reacting to the news, O’Hara said on The Sports Bar: “You can’t get the captain to sign, it’s just an absolute mess.”United are expected to remain in talks with Fernandes, but if things don’t improve on and off the pitch soon, then an agreement will become tougher and tougher to reach.The Portugal international had already spoken out against the management last month, following in Lisandro Martinez’s footsteps.Meanwhile, like Martinez, fans have been aiming the brunt of their frustrations towards the club’s owners and board, protesting and chanting towards director of football Jason Wilcox.Things are certainly messy at Man United, leaving incoming new boss Mauricio Pochettino with a huge task to turn things around.Pochettino is going to arrive – after taking charge of two more USA games – at a club in a mess on and off the pitchGettyPochettino’s delayed arrivalPochettino is understood to be signing a two-and-a-half year deal as the new United manager, replacing Carrick at Old Trafford.But despite the positivity around the appointment, even his imminent arrival at the club has involved some controversy.The USA boss will be staying to take charge of two more games before then leaving to head to Manchester next Thursday.That means he will only have two full days before his new side take on rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.“That’s terrible,” former Premier League winger Jermaine Pennant said in reaction on The Sports Bar.“All the players there on international duty, they’re preparing how? Who’s going to take over, who’s going to prepare?Pochettino’s delayed arrival in Manchester means United will go into their clash with Liverpool with limited preparationGetty“You’ve got them training, preparing for this game and then the manager comes in and says ‘Right, this is how we’re going start, how we’re going to prepare for Liverpool’. It’s terrible timing.”He added: “There’s no way that in two days, you can get this bunch of players, your style and philosophy drilled into them.“It’s bad preparation. If you’re Man United, you’ve got to be thinking about this…the biggest game of the season and we don’t know who’s starting, how we’re starting, until Thursday.”Can Pochettino save Man United? Despite the clear ‘mess’ in all areas at Man United, O’Hara and Pennant believe Pochettino could be the man to save them.But he’s going to have to find the best out of a squad of players that have not been able to reach the level expected of them.Pennant said: “He’ll get them playing, especially at the back, they’ll be defensively better. But it’s not going to be a miracle, they’re not all of a sudden going to be climbing up the league and challenging.O’Hara and Pennant think that former Spurs boss Pochettino could be the right man to end the chaos at Old TraffordGetty“They’ve still got the same players. There’s only so much that a manager can get out of a pile of guff.”“But if you look at the players that they’ve got, it could potentially be a brilliant team,” O’Hara then added.“Alright, the back four needs to get sold…but in terms of Kobbie Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbuemo, Benjamin Sesko when he’s back fit, Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount. They are all talented football players.“This is what Pochettino’s going to have to come in and do, turn it around and that’s his job…it’s been in disarray for a while.”And Pennant thinks Pochettino could help bring some much-needed positivity back, saying: “What Poch did for Spurs, Spurs were guff and they were going nowhere, and all of sudden he got them to a place where they were challenging for European spot.“It’s a similar situation now. He’s going into a team that is one of the biggest teams in the world.“So, if he can replicate that, rejuvenate that kind of style, then he’s the man for the job.”