Michael Carrick looks set to pay for Manchester United’s miserable start to the season with his job this week – but removing him won’t fix the club’s deep-seated problems.
Carrick took more points than any other Premier League manager between his arrival as Ruben Amorim‘s interim replacement in January and the end of last season.
He was rewarded with the job on a permanent basis but the Carrick era has quickly unravelled and United entered the November international break 18th in the Premier League, out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle and middling at best in the Champions League.
Carrick’s dismissal
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