since replacing Ruben Amorim<\/a> after the Portuguese\u2019s sacking in early January. In a second spell in temporary charge of United, Carrick has won eight of 12 matches, losing two and drawing two. The 44-year-old\u2019s return of 26 points from a possible 36 in the Premier League is the best in the division over that period, with Carrick lifting United from seventh to third and near shoo-ins for Champions League qualification.<\/p>\nQuick GuideHow do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?Show<\/p>\n
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The solitary questionable performance under Carrick came in last week\u2019s 2-1 home loss to Leeds, who previously had not won in the league at Old Trafford since 1981. With United 2-0 down at half-time Carrick was slow to react, waiting until the 70th minute to make changes.<\/p>\n
Regarding other potential candidates for the manager\u2019s role, Wilcox approached Thomas Tuchel two years ago to replace Erik ten Hag before the Dutchman was ultimately retained. The German recently agreed a contract extension with the Football Association until 2028 and only a disastrous World Cup campaign this summer might cause him to leave his position as England manager and subsequently allow United to reignite interest in his candidacy.<\/p>\n
Julian Nagelsmann, Germany\u2019s manager, is also of interest to United but he, too, is contracted until 2028 and it is believed United have not yet sounded out his camp regarding any interest in the role.<\/p>\n
In regards to strengthening the squad this summer, Real Madrid\u2019s Aurelian Tchouameni has been identified as a prime candidate to bolster United\u2019s midfield. The 26-year-old would cost around \u00a370m and is contracted until 2028. While there is no guarantee Real would sell the Frenchman, he is very much on United\u2019s list, alongside Nottingham Forest\u2019s Elliot Anderson, Brighton\u2019s Carlos Baleba, and Crystal Palace\u2019s Adam Wharton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are yet to decide if Michael Carrick should be offered the manager\u2019s position on a full-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-624023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}