Michael Carrick will reportedly get at least two more matches as Manchester United manager after nine games without a win, the Daily Mirror says.
The Daily Mirror reports that Michael Carrick will reportedly be given at least two more matches in charge of Manchester United. The Mirror adds that The Athletic says the hierarchy wants to reach the November international break before deciding his future.
The Mirror attaches no named source to the two-match line. Nothing in the reports includes a statement from the club.
What is known
United lost 2-0 to Chelsea on Saturday. That made nine games without a win in all competitions, the club's worst run since 1988, and a third straight defeat. They sit 17th, outside the relegation zone on goal difference.
They have won two of 13 matches this season, against Ipswich and Roma, and have kept one clean sheet. Carrick was appointed full-time in the summer. According to the Mirror, he survived crisis talks with United chiefs after the 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth the weekend before. Director of football Jason Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada were at the Chelsea match.
Asked by TNT Sports if he would be in charge for the next game, Carrick replied: "Yes".
What is not known
The reports do not say what Carrick needs from Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday, or from Aston Villa the following Sunday, to keep the job past the break. A two-match window is a reported timeline, not a published target.
The Mirror also says executives have considered replacements, with Eddie Howe, Julian Nagelsmann and Antonio Conte on a shortlist. Separately, TEAMtalk, relaying an update from Laurie Whitwell, says Nagelsmann has been approached over a rival move. Neither report says which club made the approach.
The read
The fixture list offers no comfort. Roma are third in Serie A after a 5-2 win over Udinese, with 16 goals in four games, which sits oddly with the Mirror's "minnows" label.
A club that waits and keeps a shortlist is a club hedging. That is a pattern, not a decision. For now, it stays in the Fool's Gold file.
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Meanwhile at the desk
One clean sheet in 13 matches is not a mood problem, it is a defensive one. Two games will not tell you much, but they will tell you whether that has changed.
Waiting for the international break while a shortlist circulates is a polite way of saying nobody wants to decide first. Someone will own the decision eventually. It is just not yet clear who.
