{"id":434197,"date":"2026-01-26T11:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434197\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:31:09","slug":"absolutely-not-roy-keane-reacts-to-suggestion-michael-carrick-be-given-permanent-role-as-man-utd-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/434197\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Absolutely not\u2019: Roy Keane reacts to suggestion Michael Carrick be given permanent role as Man Utd manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roy Keane<\/a> shut down suggestions that Michael Carrick<\/a> be given the role of Manchester United<\/a> manager on a permanent basis following the 3-2 victory <\/a>over Arsenal<\/a> at the Emirates Stadium<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Carrick took over from the sacked Ruben Amorim<\/a> on a contract until the end of the current suggestion with the executives at Old Trafford currently searching for a new manager to hire permanently. <\/p>\n

\"Roy<\/p>\n

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Roy Keane played down suggestions that Michael Carrick become Man Utd\u2019s permanent manager (Mike Egerton\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n

In his first game in charge Carrick orchestrated a 2-0 derby win over Pep Guardiola\u2019s Manchester City before masterminding United\u2019s victory over the league leaders.<\/p>\n

Keane was quick to praise the impact Carrick and his staff have had on the players and results but revealed that his preference for the next manager be someone \u201cbigger and better\u201d than Carrick. <\/p>\n

Asked for his opinion on the result and the performance from Manchester United, Keane echoed the words of Harry Maguire who was awarded the player of the match trophy. <\/p>\n

\u201cHarry makes a good point, they\u2019ve got a lot of their players back now, it\u2019s a full group, they\u2019ve got full weeks together and there\u2019s no other distractions,\u201d Keane replied. \u201cThey can focus on the league form and they\u2019re producing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, as we know you win one, two games for Man Utd, fantastic. Particularly to beat City, and come to Arsenal. I felt United would get a result today, I was thinking a draw but I felt United would turn up. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got enough quality players and they\u2019ve got momentum into their season and all of a sudden you\u2019re thinking it\u2019s a great chance for top four. If they play with that confidence and belief, you give the manager and the staff credit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

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Michael Carrick has beaten both Man City and Arsenal since being handed the head coach role (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Keane was then pressed by fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards on whether Manchester United should hire Carrick on a permanent basis already given he has led the team to wins against first and second in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job? You\u2019re being silly now,\u201d Keane responded. \u201cNo, he\u2019s had two great performances but anybody can win two games. It\u2019s what he does until the end of the season. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven if they do get into fourth I still wouldn\u2019t be convinced he\u2019s the man for the job. Absolutely not. I still think they need a bigger and better manager. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut, he\u2019s got the opportunity, what a chance it is for him and, do you know what, he\u2019s taking it so fair play to him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-434197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}