Some say a football club’s success depends on its manager, but that isn’t always true. Michael Carrick signed a long-term deal just four months ago, but after several unfortunate events, the owners have chosen not to support him and have now found a replacement.
The main question is, why does Manchester United keep seeing the same pattern every season since Sir Alex Ferguson retired?
David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Erik ten Hag, Rúben Amorim, and Michael Carrick have all fallen into the same trap.
They all did something good, but on transition they have all failed heavily. They have also build up a squad far from what it should look like and hiried players that might not have the correct profile and a number of transfer deals have over these years been waste of money.
The quantity of players signed are often the massive problem. The quality needed has not be eyed or seen in the best possible way. This season is no exception. Casimiro was a trusted players for Michael Carrick last season, growing and playing better and better, being trusted.
This summer his time at Man Utd was over, he moved to Inter Miami in the MLS. So why did Michael Carrick turn to a 34 year old player that had no future at the club, of course, because he believed he was good enough. But this summer he decided to sign Youri Tielemans, as a potential replacement, but they are two totally different players.
Tielemans is a player who have the offensive attributes, defensively he is very week. So to see him being signed, having Bruno and Kobbie Mainoo as other alternatives to fill those pockets. The summer additons looks totally strange in the long term picture.
Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the Manchester United men’s head coach.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 13, 2026
Not very impressed by what Michael Carrick has done to improve this Man Utd team and what has happened over the summer is in rael a disgrace. This has often been the problem for most of the managers trying to build something out of the Sir Alex era, not really understanding how you take the team from one winning platform over to another.
You need to do the correct move at the correct time. You also have to be careful in your build of the squad, taking Marcus Rashford back into this group after he was out on loan at Aston Villa and Barcelona was also a very odd decision. This squad as it looks now, is fractured, and looks like a bad made sallad. So why did Michael Carrick decide on this and what was his mission, probably nothing at all.
Michael Carrick never managed to bring Middlesbrough to the Premier League, being in charge at The Riverside from 2022 to 2025, walking out the doors at Old Trafford with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The duo must be seen as a flop moving out almost exactly as Carrick did now, not getting their transfers correctly and bringing in a certain Cristiano Ronaldo to the fold.
If the team manager no longer decides what players are signed or sold at Man Utd, then this football club is out on a journey they will not come back from. We certainly hope that player changes are decided by the team manager and someone in the board room or in the ownership makes those calls, then this is a place every single football manager should stay away from. Hopefully this is still agreed on.
Mauricio Pochettino is a clever manager, having his own principals, but so were the managers before him, who all have been great at other places than Man Utd. A number of them also won major trophies with the club, but since Sir Alex stepped down no one has managed to bring home the Champions League and Premier League trophy. Strangely this time they have appointed a manager who have not either been able to win those trophies.
The chopping and changes continues, but if they had decided to stay with Michael Carrick, Man Utd could easily have seen themselves relegated, falling under the relegation line is far from acceptable, though Man Utd are not either “entitled” to anything.
Will be interesting to see how Pochettino will approach his new challenge.
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