{"id":940803,"date":"2026-10-25T21:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940803\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:10:28","slug":"manchester-united-board-hold-crisis-talks-over-carricks-future-and-howe-approach-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940803\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United board hold crisis talks over Carrick\u2019s future and Howe approach | Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United\u2019s hierarchy are in crisis talks over whether or not to sack Michael Carrick as head coach after he oversaw another torrid defeat<\/a>, against Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday, that appeared to leave his job in the balance.<\/p>\n

Carrick was defiant after the 3-0 humbling, insisting he was not expecting to be removed from his post. \u201cI totally understand the situation,\u201d Carrick said of his job prospects. \u201cI\u2019m not expecting anything in particular, to be honest. Carrying on as normal, and I love this place.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the United executive are actively considering his dismissal, the Guardian understands.<\/p>\n

Eddie Howe remains the preferred candidate of Jason Wilcox, United\u2019s director of football, should there be a change in the dugout, with the former Newcastle manager\u2019s extensive Premier League experience placing him ahead of other potential targets.<\/p>\n

Howe would be less expensive to bring in than Unai Emery, another admired candidate, given that Aston Villa would demand about \u00a320m in compensation for the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

Julian Nagelsmann, the former Germany and Bayern Munich head coach, is highly regarded by Christopher Vivell, United\u2019s head of recruitment, but Wilcox\u2019s view may hold more sway with Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who controls football policy at United. Antonio Conte is another who may be in the frame.<\/p>\n

Carrick, who left Bruno Fernandes out of his starting lineup \u2013 insisting before kick-off that he did so for football reasons and not because of the captain\u2019s criticism of his tactics following the midweek Champions League defeat at Como, said: \u201cI\u2019ll always do what I feel is going to be the best for the football club, whatever decision is made on anything really. So that\u2019s kind of it. I\u2019m not expecting anything either way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tough situation, there\u2019s no hiding from it. What it looks like and what\u2019s next I really don\u2019t know. I will always do my best for the football club and I won\u2019t change that now. I love what I do and I feel the responsibility \u2013 we\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n

United endured a sixth defeat in 12 games in all competitions after Rayan, Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson scored for Marco Rose\u2019s side. They have won only once in the league this season and sit in 16th. Their last win was on 10 September against Sabah in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Carrick made a point of applauding the home supporters at the end of the match, pumping his hand to his chest as he walked past a supportive Stretford End. As soon as he disappeared down the tunnel, boos met Fernandes, who was following in the manager\u2019s footsteps, alongside other United players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a farewell from me,\u201d Carrick said. \u201cI\u2019m feeling it for my players, they\u2019re going through a tough spell. Some of it we can help, some of it the situation unravels and the boys are feeling it at the moment. Mixed emotions for the supporters to respond in that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have that connection with the supporters it\u2019s mixed emotions, it\u2019ll take a bit of time to digest but I certainly appreciate their support. The situation is where we are and we haven\u2019t had results or performances that have been good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking after the defeat about his decision to leave out Fernandes, who was an unused substitute, Carrick said: \u201cThere\u2019s always times when you\u2019re trying to make decisions that are to change the course of play and made a difference, but those are the decisions we made today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry Maguire, United\u2019s captain in Fernandes\u2019s absence, insisted that the squad were \u201cfully behind\u201d Carrick. He said: \u201cComing into the team last season he turned things around and got Champions League football this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs individuals, we\u2019re not playing well enough. We have to look at ourselves and find something within ourselves to bring more to the team. That\u2019s every player that I\u2019m talking about. When things aren\u2019t going your way you have to do the basics well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s hierarchy are in crisis talks over whether or not to sack Michael Carrick as head coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-940803","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\/940803","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=940803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}