Fabrizio Romano delivers major update on Michael Carrick's future at Man United amid early-season struggles

By Matt Law | 15 Sep 2026 11:54, Last updated: 15 Sep 2026 11:55

Manchester United "maintain full religion and confidence" successful caput manager Michael Carrick contempt the team's early-season struggles, according to transportation adept Fabrizio Romano.

The Red Devils suffered a 1-0 decision to Manchester City successful Sunday's Manchester derby astatine Old Trafford, with the effect leaving the squad down successful 13th spot successful the Premier League table.

Man United opened their Champions League league signifier with a 4-0 occurrence implicit Sabah, but they person won one, drawn 1 and mislaid 2 of their opening 4 league games of the season.

There person been suggestions that Carrick is already nether unit up of 2 large matches for Man United, with the Red Devils facing Brighton & Hove Albion successful the 3rd circular of the FA Cup connected Wednesday up of Sunday's travel to Fulham successful the Premier League.

However, transportation adept Romano has insisted that Carrick has the afloat enactment of elder figures astatine Old Trafford, with the Englishman being backed to crook the concern around.

Man United "maintain full religion and confidence" successful Carrick

“Man Utd perfectly stay convinced that the aboriginal volition beryllium agleam nether Michael Carrick,” Romano said connected his official YouTube channel.

“Manchester United perfectly cognize that possibly the constituent astir the summertime transportation model was to adhd 1 much player, a left-back. They tried. It was not imaginable to proceed with the close options.

“United didn’t privation to motion conscionable to say: ‘OK, we signed one.’ They wanted to beryllium convinced astir the subordinate they were going to sign, and truthful that’s wherefore thing happened.

“But they support full religion and assurance successful Michael Carrick. They lone person 4 points successful 4 Premier League games, truthful evidently this is disappointing successful presumption of results, but Man Utd stay convinced astir that.

“Carrick remains perfectly convinced too. What Carrick says successful nationalist – ‘We are going to bash precise well, I americium confident, this squad is good’ and each the remainder – is what he’s saying to the club.

“Carrick remains perfectly convinced that this squad tin bash precise good successful the adjacent weeks and months, particularly aft the break. So that’s the feeling of Michael Carrick.”

Carrick future: What happens now?

The amusement goes on, for now.

Carrick is preparing his Man United squad for Wednesday's EFL Cup clash with a slick Brighton outfit, and the Seagulls volition supply a large trial for the 20-time English champions.

The 45-year-old is not nether unit astatine this infinitesimal successful time, but back-to-back defeats to Brighton and Fulham up of the planetary interruption would spot Man United successful a mini-crisis.