What the sparrows have been whistling from the rooftops in the last few days has been official since Thursday: Manchester United has himself separated from trainer Michael Carrick.
Carrick only took over in January
Carrick only took over the position from Ruben Amorim from Portugal on an interim basis in January. He led the club to third place with six wins from the last seven games of last season and secured Champions League qualification.
This season, however, things didn’t go well for the English team. Man United is currently in the Premier League even in a relegation zone. They have been without a win in the league for eight games. “After one disappointing start to the season the club has them extremely difficult decision “We have decided that a change is necessary to achieve our goals,” said a club statement on the website.
The successor should already be determined
A successor to the Englishman is said to have already been determined.
Accordingly, should Mauricio Pochettino return to the Premier League. The 54-year-old is currently as Team boss at the USA under contract. The Argentine has already coached Southampton, Tottenham and Chelsea. He has been the coach of the American national team since September 2024 and his contract is expected to be valid up to and including the 2030 World Cup.
Pochettino’s successor at the US team is now being announced Pep Guardiola traded.
At Manchester United, no coach has ever achieved the success of the club icon and long-term coach Sir Alex Ferguson ran, who won, among other things, 13 English championship titles with the club from 1986 to 2013. Even among prominent coaches like Louis van Gaal (2014 bis 2016), Jose Mourinho (2016 to 2018) or also Ralf Rangnick (2021/22) there was no return to the top of the Premier League.
At Carrick there was also a sporting crisis public criticism from the team added. captain Bruno Fernandes had criticized the tactics after a defeat in the premier class and accused Carrick of not having enough courage.