Michael Carrick future: Man United head coach answers questions on his future ahead of Fulham showdown

By Matt Law | 18 Sep 2026 14:21, Last updated: 18 Sep 2026 14:58

Manchester United caput manager Michael Carrick has deed retired astatine the "ridiculous" speculation surrounding his aboriginal up of Sunday's Premier League clash with Fulham.

The Red Devils person mislaid their past 2 matches, some astatine home, against Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion successful the Premier League and EFL Cup respectively.

There has since been speculation surrounding Carrick's future, with the nine allegedly doing their "due diligence" successful the lawsuit that a alteration has to beryllium made.

However, Carrick has slammed the speculation surrounding his aboriginal up of what is simply a captious crippled against Fulham astatine Craven Cottage this weekend.

"I deliberation that'll beryllium a batch longer than 1 oregon 2 games of results," Carrick told reporters. "I understand, archetypal of all, taking distant each that, that's irrelevant for me.

Carrick slams "ridiculous" speculation surrounding Man United future

"I cognize the club, I cognize the role, I cognize what's expected present successful presumption of playing to a definite standard, playing astatine a definite level, achieving definite things connected the pitch, truthful I get each that.

"In presumption of aboriginal and ownership and however agelong I've got successful the job, I'm reasoning 1 portion of it, similar however agelong person I got, it's ridiculous to deliberation that mode successful a presumption that I'm in, that's conscionable not connected the radar.

"I recognize what we request to execute and wherever we request to beryllium arsenic a shot nine for the owners, what they expect, for the supporters arsenic overmuch arsenic anything, I get each that.

"It's 2 oregon 3 games that we haven't had definite results, and 2 oregon 3 games excessively galore due to the fact that I truly hatred losing, but that doesn't mean that the satellite caves in. In immoderate minds it does, it can't for us, due to the fact that we've got to perform.

Carrick accepts "responsibility" for Man United struggles

"That's wherefore I'm here. It's my responsibility. I'm good with that. It's not a blasted game. It's not a blasted game. We each hunt for things to look astatine and constituent astatine and find a blame.

"Sometimes it gets astir similar excessively overmuch of a happening to privation to find idiosyncratic to blasted oregon thing to blame. Blame me, nary problem. I'll instrumentality the responsibility, immoderate it is.

"But it's not astir blaming people, it's astir uncovering solutions and being better, and that's arsenic a full shot club, arsenic a radical of players, arsenic staff, arsenic owners, supporters, it's a full corporate thing, and you tin enactment it successful antithetic directions, you tin interest astir antithetic things, it's astir what you absorption on.

"'I'm wholly blessed taking responsibility, perfectly nary occupation with that, it doesn't fuss me. I conscionable cognize wherever we privation to get to and we privation to get determination fast."

Man United were booed disconnected the tract by sections of their supporters against Brighton connected Wednesday, having been 2 goals up earlier yet suffering a 3-2 defeat.