Michael Carrick

Former Manchester United midfielder and current assistant manager Michael Carrick has insisted that the Red Devils can still end the season on a bright note as talks continue to hot up that they have fallen behind in the title race against the noisy neighbors Manchester City. United started the season brightly and looked like they were going to go toe-to-toe with City for the Premier League title but have had major setbacks in the sense that they have drawn games that they should have easily won.

Former Manchester United midfielder who is now one assistant coach to manager Olé Gunnar Solskjær has explained that as long as the Norwegian manager is still the boss at Old Trafford, the team will keep playing attacking football. The Red Devils have come under a lot of criticisms in recent weeks for the way they concede lots of goals, with their defence coming under question in recent weeks.

Much of the criticism on their defensive backline has come as a result of the fact that no other team currently in the top ten has conceded more goals than the Red Devils so far this season. Many people have suggested that they start focusing on the defensive aspect of their game and play a bit more defensively so they would create a balance both in attack and at the back.

Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw believes that his coach Michael Carrick deserves more recognition. The England international is adamant that Michael Carrick is massively underrated as he revealed that the Manchester United first team coach could still function well as a player in the Premier League. Michael Carrick, 39, retired as a professional footballer in 2018 and has been a first team coach at Old Trafford since then. He worked with former manager Jose Mourinho before the controversial Portuguese tactician was sacked in December 2018. Michael Carrick continued in his role upon the appointment of former Manchester United teammate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the new manager. Solskjaer was initially the interim Manchester United boss for some months before the club decided to give him a permanent contract.

Luke Shaw talked to the official Manchester United website about Michael Carrick and David Beckham. According to him, the two Manchester United legends are underrated. Luke Shaw said ex-England national team skipper David Beckham was a little underrated with his achievements during his career and that Michael Carrick was massively underrated. Michael Carrick was not only exceptional for Manchester United, he was also a quality player for the Three Lions of England according to Luke Shaw.

Michael Carrick is a first team coach at Manchester United after he took up the role shortly after his retirement from the round leather game. Carrick, 39, spent over a decade as a player at the Theatre of Dreams and he's now one of the many coaches working with Red Devils manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were teammates at Manchester Unitedfor a short period of time during the latter stages of the Manchester United manager's playing career at Old Trafford. Michael Carrick left Tottenham Hotspur for Manchester United in 2006 for an initial fee of £14m. The 34-cap England international spent 12 years at Manchester United as a player before hanging up his boots in 2018. In total, he spent 19 years as a professional player for West Ham United, where his professional career began as well as for the aforementioned duo of Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.

Earlier this year, the official website of Manchester United unveiled the best XI players that featured alongside him.
1. Goalkeeper – David De Gea played 186 games with Michael Carrick before the Englishman retired two years ago.
2. Defence–Antonio Valencia (played 206 games with Carrick), Rio Ferdinand (His England teammate played 259 times with Michael Carrick), NemanjaVidic (The Serbian shared the pitch with Carrick on 230 occasions) and Patrice Evra (Evra played 291 times with the Manchester United first team coach).

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has pointed out that assistant manager Michael Carrick has a big influence on his career at Old Trafford. Ex-Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick is one of the assistant managers to boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United. Mike Phelan and Kieran McKenna are the other assistant managers at the Theatre of Dreams.

Bruno Fernandes has had a very good start to his Red Devils career which took off in January in the wake of his transfer from Sporting Lisbon for an initial fee of £47m. He talked about Michael Carrick and his impact on his game in an episode of the enjoyable UTD podcast.

Manchester United first team coach Micheal Carrick Dean has warned David de Gea that he will be put under immediate pressure by Dean Henderson in the battle to become United's starting goalkeeper.

After several months of rumours linking Henderson with a move away from the club, the Englishman has put all rumours to rest as he pens a new five-year contract at Old Trafford. The new deal is a sign of both his desire and belief that he is ready to be the next number one at Old Trafford.

Villarreal are considering a bid for Manchester United defender Eric Bailly. According to reports from reports from Spain, the Yellow Submarines have identified the Ivorian as a potential signing in the summer.

The Major League Soccer (MLS) is targeting to be in the top three most viewed sports in America, as per reports. While ‘soccer’ in America has improved in popularity and adoption in the past quarter of a century, the league bosses regularly state their target – top three!

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen has reportedly accepted Inter's offer before a possible January switch, with just a transfer fee within the way of completing the deal this month.

The site of Andreas Pereira and Phil Jones at the heart of
Manchester United’s midfield at Sheffield United yesterday was a terrible thing
to behold.

Since Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher hung their boots
after playing for the Red Devils’ almost all their lives, Old Trafford is yet
to find any player capable of bringing the kind of stability players like
Michael Carrick offered.

Ole was very firm in his assertion that his tactical nuances
were not the reason for the stalemate draw the Red Devils played against
Sheffield United on a disappointing Sunday evening.