Man Utd tipped to appoint former player as new manager to succeed Erik ten Hag

Former Everton chairman Keith Wyness has tipped Manchester United to appoint ex-player Michael Carrick as their new manager.

Erik ten Hag currently remains in his role but the Dutchman is under huge pressure and is very much fighting for his job amid speculation over his future.

Naturally, attentions have turned to who United may pick as their new manager should the Red Devils decide to part ways with the former Ajax boss.

Wyness believes United may decide to take a punt on Carrick, who is currently managing Middlesbrough down in the second tier of English football.

Carrick, who previously worked as United’s caretaker manager, featured 464 times for the club during his playing career from 2006 until 2018.

Wyness told Football Insider: ‘There are various rumours whether they will go for like a Thomas Tuchel or will it be a Michael Carrick and have more of a managerial coach type situation rather than a Tuchel-type bigger name.

‘I think they might go for the second route and try and get the Man United ethos back to what it was before with an ex-player like Carrick managing the squad.

‘He’s proven to be a very good manager, so that’s where I think they may go.

‘But no one knows at the moment which way Ratcliffe is going to jump. They are starting to reap the rewards of a very bad, difficult off-season when everybody thought Ten Hag was going to be sacked.

‘So all these sorts of things are coming home to roost. It’s a bad issue for Man United. We are already seven games into the season and it’s not looking good.’

United have won just two of their opening seven Premier League games this term in what has been an abysmal start.

Ten Hag, though, has some credit in the bank having helped the club clinch the Carabao Cup and FA Cup in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

The Red Devils are next in action on October 19 when they host early goal kings Brentford at Old Trafford.