Michael Carrick latest: Under-fire manager arrives for training despite being left in dark after club chiefs hold crisis talks

Beyond training, Carrick appears set to continue in the job as normal, preparing for Chelsea on Saturday.

But The Athletic reports that crunch talks over Carrick’s future are ongoing and involve Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Joel and Avram Glazer, Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox.

Clearly, there is disagreement over the immediate direction of the club.

Michael Carrick has arrived at Carrington to take Manchester United training.

It appears to be another day, at least, in the job for Carrick, despite the pressure and speculation linking Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann with his job.

Should United opt for Howe, then Newcastle would be due compensation, which may alter United’s thinking when pushing for a successor to Carrick.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos have put up Swiss club Lausanne for sale with the minority Man Utd shareholder under intense pressure as the latest crisis at Old Trafford deepens.

The Swiss Super League club, which was also the INEOS global headquarters from 2010 to 2016, is on the market, reports The Athletic.

But with Lausanne now up for sale, Ratcliffe’s sporting ambition appears to be crumbling.

Sponsorship deals with the All Blacks (New Zealand, rugby union) and Tottenham Hotspur in 2025 have occurred, while French club OGC Nice is also on the market.

United supporters are disgruntled at the way Ratcliffe has run the sporting side of the club since purchasing a stake from the Glazer family.

There was a time, not too long ago, when Michael Carrick was the answer for Manchester United. He seemed to have the answers, too. Now he is stumped in his search for them. “Certainly, to get to this point, is there’s a lot of questions to find the answers to,” he said.

And this point may be the end point: 16th in the Premier League, 20th in the Champions League, eight games without a win after back-to-back thrashings at the hands of small clubs. Carrick, who had the best record in the Premier League last season after his January appointment, stands on the brink of the sack. Carrick’s regime has crumbled at startling speed, with brutal cruelty to a fundamentally decent man with a genuine affection for the club.

The former wunderkind of German coaching was reportedly on United’s radar when they sacked Ruben Amorim at the start of the year, but as an option for the summer following the World Cup. Well, that was a bit of a disaster for the former Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig coach, as Germany were knocked out in the last-32 by Paraguay. Nagelsmann, 39, would naturally be interested in managing United and the club’s director of recruitment, Christopher Vivell, previously worked with him at Red Bull.

Carrick was spotted driving away from Carrington with his son Jacey shortly before 6pm.

The Man Utd boss could stumble on, despite speculation that the club is agonising over which, between Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann, to hire as his replacement.

With four days before a trip to Chelsea, United begin their preparations, with Carrick, for the time being.

Good morning, it’s another day, just about, for Michael Carrick in the job as Manchester United manager.

With the players due back at training this morning, it appears as if Carrick will lead the group once more.

We’ll bring you the latest this morning, with Carrick due back at Carrington in the next hour.

The Englishman is available after his shock decision to leave Newcastle United in the summer. Howe told the club he needed a break from management but the chance to take charge at Old Trafford, three months later, would surely be too good to turn down if an offer arrives.

The 48-year-old remains highly regarded in English football, and is reportedly the preferred candidate of the United technical director Jason Wilcox, after taking over a Newcastle side in the relegation zone and leading them to the club’s highest Premier League finish in two decades, as well as their first domestic silverware in 70 years.

Howe twice took Newcastle into the Champions League playing an energetic, high-intensity style of football that would be popular at Old Trafford.

He is currently the favourite with the bookies.

Manchester United would be left searching for a fourth permanent manager in three years under the minority ownership of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos, should they part ways with Michael Carrick. Ineos took control of the club’s football operations when they bought into the club during the 2023/24 season.

• Erik ten Hag: May 2022 – October 2024
• Ruben Amorim: November 2024 – January 2026
• Michael Carrick: January 2026 – ?
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