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Michael Carrick delivered a six-minute monologue taking responsibility for Manchester United’s predicament and rejecting suggestions that his dressing room is divided.
Speaking at his pre-Bournemouth press conference, United’s manager also appealed to the club’s illustrious history, referencing Sir Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs as well as the “humility and hard work” of Sir Matt Busby and Sir Bobby Charlton.
Carrick is under pressure after a run of no wins in seven games across all competitions, with United 13th in the Premier League.
“We’ve lost our way if I’m totally honest but we’ll get back what it takes,” Carrick said.” “I’ll hold that umbrella for me to stay wet so everyone else can stay dry.”
The sense of crisis at United escalated when Lisandro Martinez called out technical director Jason Wilcox, followed by Bruno Fernandes questioning Carrick’s tactics after Wednesday’s humiliation at Como.
Carrick did not give a definitive answer when asked if he would consider stripping Fernandes of the captaincy, but his reflections on United’s past appeared to carry a message for the underachievers of today.
Carrick said: “It was never about Ryan Giggs, it was about Manchester United.
“Wayne Rooney is top goalscorer of this football club. His biggest thing was playing for the team, sacrificing for the team and what was good for Manchester United.
“Sir Alex Ferguson is the best manager of all-time. The greatest, for me. And working for him, his main priority was Manchester United.
“Sir Matt [Busby] and Sir Bobby [Charlton], their resilience was beyond belief what they showed and how they rebuilt this football club. It was based on being humble, having humility and hard work. We can never lose that and I won’t let us lose that.”
United’s manager insisted he was “100 per cent” the right man to take the club forward and called for his players to show spirit and togetherness.
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It feels at times as if it can be a long way away but it doesn’t take too much to flip the other way and we’re more than capable of doing that, I totally believe that.
We will. We’ll win football matches and we’ve got a very tough one on Sunday [against Bournemouth].
Very, very good team that we’re playing again and I’m not suggesting that becomes an easy game because it doesn’t. We’ve got to respect the game, respect what it takes to win.
We’ve spoken. There are always conversations going on. It’s pretty obvious how we’re all feeling. A reaction, a reaction from me.
The responsibility for me in this position is to lead. It is my responsibility, whatever goes on the pitch and what we look like, what we feel like.
Carrick had clearly thought hard about how he was going to tackle that today and what message he wanted to get across. The long and short of it was that the United manager was issuing a call to arms to his players to pull their finger out, respect the badge and start showing the kind of values of humility and hard work that the club is founded on. By name checking the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson and Matt Busby he was speaking about the people who exemplified the values United are all about
The foundations of this football club and values have been etched down for many years.
I totally understand and I get every single one of them. It comes down to being humble, to hard work and being really proud to live up to those values.
There is a resilience about this football club that has been shown for a long, long time. Whether that’s bouncing back from adversity, comebacks, late goals, sustaining success, there is a resilience to this football club that runs very, very deep.
No definitive answer from Carrick, who says he wants to do what is best for the football club.
There ends the broadcast section of the press conference after about 15 minutes.
Definitely a change in communication strategy from Carrick, speaking from the heart rather than waiting for questions.
My responsibility is to get a team on the pitch that represents this football club, represents the supporters and they can be proud of it with the identity that we show.
We have gone away from that just recently in certain games, which I’m fully aware of and definitely doing something about.
I think it’s important we all recognise that. I certainly recognise it. Our supporters of are the utmost importance to me and this football club.
For them to feel like they felt for five months at the start of the year and have that about us, that connection and that real vigour, intensity and enjoyment and passion is something we need to get back to.
Carrick says the dressing room is “not divided” but says it’s pretty clear the squad and everyone have to pull together and stop speaking out like has happened in public in response to questions about Martinez and Fernandes’ outbursts.
Principles are so important. We can win games, lose games, hopefully not but it can happen.
It’s how you do it and what it feels like is important for me. That the spirit and togetherness is there. It will be there. I’m working on solutions to move us forward.
I haven’t invented anything new, it’s the make-up of any good football team. You have to earn the right to be better than your opponent, that’s not changed and it never changes.
He says loads of conversations have been going on. He says it’s his responsibility “to lead” and that “I’ll hold that umbrella for me to get wet and keep everyone else dry.”
Carrick adds on the Fernandes burglary. “It’s an awful thing to go through and we’re doing a lot of things to support him and his family.”
It was never about Ryan Giggs, it was never about Ryan Giggs, it was about Manchester United.
Wayne Rooney is top goalscorer of this football club. His biggest thing was playing for the team, sacrificing for the team and what was good for Manchester United.
Sir Alex Ferguson is the best manager of all-time. The greatest, for me. And working for him, his main priority was Manchester United.
Sir Matt [Busby] and Sir Bobby [Charlton], their resilience was beyond belief what they showed and how they rebuilt this football club. It was based on being humble, having humility and hard work. We can never lose that and I won’t let us lose that.
We’ve lost our way if I’m totally honest but we’ll get back what it takes.
Carrick has come in, trailed by the Amazon cameras, sat down and made an address for five minutes before taking any questions. He acknowledges it’s not been good enough or what the club expects and that it’s got to get better. He’s talking about rebuilding this club based on humility, values and hard work and won’t let that go and that it inspires him going forward. “Yeah we’re in a moment where it’s not going well but we need to show exactly what it means and respect what it means to be here and what it takes to win,” he said. “You’re not entitled to win. It takes hard work.”
I think it’s important... recently we haven’t had a good time I think that’s obvious, I totally accept that.
We had five months of relative success and I was happy with many things I was seeing.
We haven’t done well enough recently. Wednesday was a bad night for a lot of reasons, it really hurt a lot, it hurt me to see how the game panned out.
As I said after the game, it was unacceptable.
Hopefully he will be in position by half-past, but it is not unlike managers to keep everyone waiting.
My name has been linked with numerous clubs, but there are currently no negotiations at an advanced stage.
Following a wonderful and successful spell in charge of Napoli, I will take the time I need to consider how and when to return to management. It will be a carefully considered decision, one I will make when I believe the conditions are right.
I have read reports of financial demands and requests for full control that I have supposedly already made to the clubs mentioned, as well as reservations about what has been described as my “strong personality”. These reports are unfounded, as there is currently no concrete basis for such assessments.
Should a concrete opportunity arise, that will be the time to hold discussions with the club concerned and jointly consider the terms of a potential agreement, with due regard for both parties’ needs and the qualities and approach that define my work as a manager.
Until then, any assumptions about my demands and my professional future remain speculation and cannot be treated as fact.
For all his brilliance and ruthlessness as a businessman, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has yet to convince that he has any feel for football. Just look at the performance of Ineos’s other prize assets this season: Lausanne-Sport lie 12th in the 12-team Swiss top flight after one win in 10, and Nice are a distant 13th in Ligue 1, having burnt through eight different managers during the petrochemical giant’s seven years in charge.
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Michael Carrick is not one of the Premier League’s more loquacious managers but supporters will be interested in what he has to say at his pre-Bournemouth press conference this afternoon.
The Manchester United manager is under severe pressure after a run of no wins in seven games across all competitions, and senior players are talking out of school in post-game interviews.
Just when it appeared a line had been drawn under Lisandro Martinez taking on technical director Jason Wilcox, Bruno Fernandes reached for a petrol can and poured more fuel on the flames.
Speaking after the dismal 4-1 Champions League defeat by Como, Fernandes called out Carrick and his coaching staff for their tactical approach, specifically a reluctance to press opponents aggressively in a man-to-man fashion.
Carrick, by his own very measured standards, delivered a pointed response.
“We actually were half-pressed man to man in the second half and then conceded a goal from that,” he said. “And there’s a little bit on whatever system you play, whatever tactics you play, if you don’t run, and you don’t run forward, and you don’t run back, you ain’t going to win.”
Their opponents on Sunday are Bournemouth, who after a lean run of results under Marco Rose have just dispatched Sunderland for their first league victory of the season, and the mighty AC Milan in the Europa League.
Things do not get easier for United, who go to Stamford Bridge next weekend before a home game against Aston Villa before the November international break.
Telegraph Sport reported on Thursday that former Bayern Munich and Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann features prominently and is understood to want the job – as does Antonio Conte. United are also tracking Fabian Hurzeler while there is interest in Eddie Howe.
United are currently 13th in the table with seven points from seven games.
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