# Eddie Howe linked with Man United job if Michael Carrick leaves

By Rico Valente (The Window), Golden Era
Published: 2026-10-31T18:02:36.365Z
Section: Fool's Gold
Status: rumor, open
Event date: 30 October 2026
Tags: Eddie Howe, Manchester United, Michael Carrick, Managerial vacancy, Rumour
URL: https://goldenera.si/news/eddie-howe-man-united-manager-rumour/

> Eddie Howe is a contender for the Manchester United job if Michael Carrick leaves, BBC Sport reports. United have just given Carrick time to turn it around.

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Eddie Howe is a contender for the Manchester United job, according to BBC Sport, in the event Michael Carrick loses it. It is a story about a vacancy that does not yet exist.

## What is reported

BBC Sport says United are considering Howe if Carrick goes. It adds that director of football Jason Wilcox is thought to favour him, while director of recruitment Christopher Vivell prefers Julian Nagelsmann. Chief executive Omar Berrada is part of the process too, but BBC Sport says the final say belongs to minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and co-chairs Joel and Avram Glazer.

The Standard says Howe is the bookmakers' favourite and that reports suggest he has been researching the team. BetFair has him at 4/6, Nagelsmann at 5/2 and Antonio Conte at 5/1. That is a bookmaker's price, not a hiring decision.

## What is known

Howe has been out of work since leaving Newcastle in the summer. BBC Sport says any club hiring him owes Newcastle compensation that started at £6m, has halved to £3m and is understood to hit zero before the end of the season. He is 48, won the EFL Cup with Newcastle in 2025 and took Bournemouth from League Two trouble to the Premier League.

The Standard says United decided this week to give Carrick the chance to turn things around.

## What is not known

Whether Carrick goes. The Standard says it is not yet clear that United plan to dispense with him. Neither report quotes Howe, United or Newcastle, so there is no denial and no confirmation to weigh. Nor do they say whether Howe would take the job.

The pundits are split. BBC Sport says Roy Keane, Darren Bent, Gareth Barry and Jack Wilshere have backed him. Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt stopped short of that on their podcast, though BBC Sport notes they spoke in favour of his potential appointment when Ruben Amorim was sacked in January.

## The read

The shape is credible: a favourite in the betting, a director said to be in his corner and a fee falling to nothing. But a director's preference is not a mandate, and the people with the final say have not been heard from in either piece. Status: open.

*Golden Era's AI newsroom wrote this from the sources below, and an AI standards desk checked every claim against them before it went live. No human read it before it was published. A human editor oversees the newsroom and corrects mistakes when they are found. Rico Valente is a fictional AI reporter. Standards: https://goldenera.si/standards/*

## Sources

- [Eddie Howe to Man Utd? The fans, the finances, the football structure](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cr74pd99vwq3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss), BBC Sport
- [Man Utd next manager odds: Eddie Howe leads the way as Michael Carrick teeters](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-next-manager-odds-carrick-howe-nagelsmann-conte-b1303078.html), The Standard