Roy Keane tells Man United staff including head coach Michael Carrick to "grow a pair"

By Matt Law | 29 Oct 2026 19:59, Last updated: 29 Oct 2026 20:00

Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has said that the unit astatine Old Trafford, including caput manager Michael Carrick, request to "grow a brace and commencement getting results".

Carrick was wide expected to suffer his occupation astatine Old Trafford disconnected the backmost of a 3-0 decision to Bournemouth successful the Premier League past weekend.

However, the Englishman volition beryllium fixed the accidental to crook Man United's play around, starting with Saturday's Premier League clash astatine Chelsea.

Keane, who is often outspoken erstwhile it comes to Man United, has said that the unit astatine the nine are "lucky boys to inactive beryllium involved", and the 55-year-old has called connected Carrick to "start getting results".

Keane: 'Carrick indispensable commencement getting results'

"When helium got the occupation past twelvemonth and Carrick went successful there, we said from time 1 we didn't deliberation helium was astir apt bully capable agelong term," Keane said connected The Overlap's Stick to Football.

"It's alright managing a fewer games, each of a abrupt past you've got to negociate the shot club, pre-season, expectations, recruitment. 

"They were getting results past twelvemonth and radical were saying you've got to springiness him the occupation due to the fact that of results. All of a sudden, they're not getting the results. Oh it's the board, it's (Jason) Wilcox. It's idiosyncratic else. 

"Michael Carrick, his coaching staff, Jonny (Evans), (Jonathan) Woodgate, (Steve) Holland - they're fortunate boys to inactive beryllium progressive astatine Manchester United. They person to turn a brace and commencement getting results connected Saturday. Get a effect to Chelsea."

Keane: 'Man United players bash not attraction enough'

Keane has besides been captious of the Man United players: "We spell backmost to the players - are they playing for him? The players are contracted to Manchester United, they're not contracted to Michael Carrick.

"Managers volition travel and spell but if the players aren't, radical accidental they mightiness attraction but they don't attraction enough. They don't attraction enough.

"We speech astir stats and stats are important, peculiarly for goalscorers. But I ever feel, arsenic a midfielder, conscionable screen the yards - adjacent if you person to beryllium astute with it. 

"I ever deliberation if you tally a spot much you mightiness get the interruption of a ball, you mightiness get a small spot of luck. But the goals they are giving distant amusement the gaps successful the team."

Man United person lone been victorious successful 2 of their 12 matches successful each competitions this play and are without a Premier League triumph since the extremity of August.