Manchester United are giving interim manager Michael Carrick every chance to make the permanent job his, with a report this week suggesting no other candidates have yet been contacted.
It marks a different tactic from the summer of 2024, when club officials actively weighed up potential replacements for Erik ten Hag and initiated at least informal contact with six options—including Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino. Only then was it decided that Ten Hag would stay.
