Michael Carrick has been sacked as Man Utd manager after a dreadful start to the campaign.

Manchester United have sacked Michael Carrick after a disastrous start to the season that has left the club in the Premier League relegation zone more than a quarter of the way into the season.

United have won just one of their first 10 league games of the campaign and sit 18th in the table after a chaotic 4-4 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday, in which Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu scored in stoppage time to rescue a point.

That came on the back of another rescue act against Roma, when United recovered from 2-0 down to beat the Serie A side in the Champions League, but that is their only win in the last two months and they have won just three of 15 games in all competitions this season.

Pressure has been growing on Carrick in recent weeks after a string of poor performances and the 45-year-old has paid the price with his job. United are now on the hunt for a third permanent manager in 2026 and a fourth of the Ineos era at the club, after Carrick, Ruben Amorim and Erik ten Hag.

Carrick only signed a two-year contract in May after a superb reign as caretaker manager saw United return to the Champions League. He won 12 and drew three of his 17 games in charge last term, doing enough to land the job on a permanent basis.

But after an underwhelming transfer window which left him short of depth in key areas, Carrick has been sacked just 15 games into his spell as permanent boss.

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He survived back-to-back defeats to Como and Bournemouth two weeks ago by the skin of his teeth, and was effectively given three games to prove he could turn the situation around.

Those three games saw a defeat to Chelsea, the win against Roma and the draw with Villa, but with eight goals conceded the flaws remained obvious in Carrick's United.

Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is in line to replace Carrick.