{"id":536030,"date":"2026-03-14T14:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536030\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:21:10","slug":"manchester-united-co-owner-ratcliffe-praises-michael-carrick-but-deflects-question-about-coachs-long-term-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536030\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United co-owner Ratcliffe praises Michael Carrick but deflects question about coach&#8217;s long-term status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">SHANGHAI (AP) \u2014 Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said temporary coach Michael Carrick is doing an \u201cexcellent job\u201d but the British billionaire wouldn\u2019t entertain a question about the former player possibly keeping the job long term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">United is up to third place in the Premier League under Carrick, the former England and United midfielder who was hired in January on a contract through end of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s doing an excellent job, yeah absolutely,\u201d Ratcliffe told Sky Sports at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ruben Amorim was fired in early January after 14 months on the job and with United in sixth place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ratcliffe, who controls United\u2019s soccer operations despite being a minority shareholder, was asked by Sky Sports if Carrick would get the job permanently if the team\u2019s upward trend continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cNot going there,\u201d Ratcliffe said with a chuckle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Under Carrick, United has won six of its eight games, with just one loss. United hosts Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday. Both teams are level on points with Carrick\u2019s team ahead on goal difference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ratcliffe, owner of petrochemicals giant INEOS, is also a shareholder of the Mercedes F1 team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANGHAI (AP) \u2014 Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said temporary coach Michael Carrick is doing an \u201cexcellent job\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-536030","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\/536030","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=536030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}