EXCLUSIVE | Louis Saha on Manchester United: ‘Jim Ratcliffe should extend Michael Carrick’s contract.’

EXCLUSIVE | Louis Saha on Manchester United: ‘Jim Ratcliffe should extend Michael Carrick’s contract. ’ Get French Football News sat down with former France, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Everton striker Louis Saha this week for a wide-ranging interview. Obviously, you’re very associated with Manchester United; you had a very good career there, won a lot of medals.

They’ve completely transformed their season since Michael Carrick arrived. For you, what does he bring to the team and, if you were Jim Ratcliffe, would you keep him for next season? I think that he has brought a certain simplicity, a cohesion in the group that suits the players.

He didn’t arrive saying, “This is my style of play. ” No, he came in with the attitude that, in order for the players to feel comfortable and play to their maximum potential, I have to make them understand a system of play that is simple, that plays to their strengths and that allows them to be that second or split-second ahead of their opponent. Period.

Because logically these players have more quality than most Premier League players, they were recruited because they are good, because they have great stats. So to get the players to recognise this and give them the roles that suit them, I think that has been his major strength. His second major strength is really knowing the place and being able to say this is the way that this institution is run because it has always got results in this way.