• Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford were absent from training today.
• Kobbie Mainoo is back in training.
• Amir Ibragimov, Jim Thwaites and Jariyah Shah were also in the session [@DanyalHKhan]
Michael Carrick and Bruno Fernandes have met face-to-face yesterday to clear the air, with both men vowing to focus on turning #mufc’s season around [@RobDorsettSky, @DanyalHKhan]
Michael Carrick and Bruno Fernandes have met face-to-face yesterday to clear the air, with both men vowing to focus on turning #mufc’s season around [@RobDorsettSky, @DanyalHKhan]
Michael Carrick held a meeting of players and staff to clear the air at Carrington and attempt to get people on the same page.
The idea was to galvanise everyone to the common cause of winning matches, whatever grievances they might have.
The summit was said to be productive [@TheAthleticFC]
There is a consideration that the international break in less than a fortnight’s time would allow any new head coach the chance to bed in better than now [@TheAthleticFC]
One source close to #mufc feels it is inevitable that Jason Wilcox will eventually lose his job if a third managerial change in as many seasons is made.
A senior figure in the game told the BBC that both Wilcox and Berrada’s jobs at United may be vulnerable, suggesting that Sir Jim Ratcliffe could be considering a wider overhaul of senior staff [@sistoney67, @SamiMokbel_BBC]
Laurens Julien on the head coach situation at #mufc:
"I was told that there’s no plan B [to Michael Carrick] for now. So what’s the point for United to get rid of Carrick then appoint an interim coach between now and whenever they can appoint another permanent coach?
“May as well keep Carrick, half as the coach that he is right now, half as an interim coach until a potential plan B, whether that’s Nagelsmann, Eddie Howe, Antonio Conte, Unai Emery, whoever you want there. But right now, the plan B is not ready.
It’s not that they can’t find one [replacement], it’s just that this process of appointing somebody else if they decide to get rid of Carrick will take a bit of time, which is normal."
[@LaurensJulien, @CBSSportsGolazo]
#mufc had planned on sacking Michael Carrick this week but failure to settle on a replacement has granted him another stay of execution [@samuelluckhurst]
Gary Neville on #mufc’s decision to keep Michael Carrick:
“I'm surprised but I'm happy because I was absolutely certain what I witnessed on Sunday would be the end of Michael.
It looked like when he was walking around at the end on his own, with his players behind him, that it was a goodbye lap.
He was waving to the fans in an almost apologetic manner but also as a goodbye. I am surprised that ultimately still in a job, but I'm happy with it because it was very difficult on Sunday.
How it's going to go over the next couple of weeks, I have no idea. I hope he can get those players playing for him because they haven't played for him in the last few weeks.” [sky]