Michael Carrick has made himself indispensable, it would be a bigger risk for Manchester United to replace him
Carrick’s interim tenure has been a resounding success and his ‘natural fit’ at Old Trafford makes him the perfect candidate for the permanent position
Managing Manchester United is difficult, but too many of those to have tried in the last 13 years have made it look the impossible job. A few weeks into his tenure, Ruben Amorim had declared his side were possibly the worst team in the club’s history. A few months into what had seemed an interim stint, Michael Carrick appears entirely at home.
Carrick has never fully announced his candidature to succeed Amorim on a permanent basis, but he may never need to. The audition has been suitably successful to make him look the leading man. After beating Liverpool – a fourth major scalp , to follow Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea – he came as close as he has to confirming the obvious; that he wants to stay.
“I love doing what I’m doing,” he said. “It’s a great position for me to be in and it feels pretty natural, if I’m totally honest. I’m not being blase because it’s a difficult role, but it feels like I’ve been here a long time in, in different times, on and off, but I can understand what it brings and to be sat in this position is a good position to be in.
” Carrick can often say very little when saying a lot. In this instance, he said a lot while saying few words. He has looked a natural fit.
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