Michael Carrick attends Manchester United training ground as club discuss his fate

Head coach arrives to watch under-21s playBruno Fernandes likes Instagram post about loyaltyMichael Carrick was at Manchester United’s training ground on Monday afternoon as elsewhere at the Carrington base Jason Wilcox, the sporting director, and Omar Berrada, the chief executive, deliberated whether to sack the head coach.Carrick arrived at about 1.50pm to watch the under-21s play a behind-closed-doors game. Continue reading…

Michael Carrick was at Manchester United’s training ground on Monday to watch the club’s under-21s Michael Carrick was at Manchester United’s training ground on Monday afternoon as elsewhere at the Carrington base Jason Wilcox, the sporting director, and Omar Berrada, the chief executive, deliberated whether to sack the head coach. Carrick arrived at about 1.50pm to watch the under-21s play a behind-closed-doors game. Wilcox and Berrada met at Carrington on Monday morning after United’s 3-0 loss to Bournemouth on Sunday at Old Trafford that left Carrick’s job in the balance. Wilcox departed just before 5pm and Carrick went shortly after.

The defeat made it eight games without a win for Carrick’s side, who have two victories all season. United are in 16th in the Premier League, a point above the relegation zone. If the 45-year-old is removed, Eddie Howe remains Wilcox’s preferred candidate, with contact between them understood to have been made. The former Newcastle manager is open to taking up the position, subject to negotiations. Howe would be less expensive to recruit than Unai Emery, another admired manager, because Aston Villa would demand about £20m in compensation for the ­Spaniard. Julian Nagelsmann, the former