Michael Carrick can at least hold his head high, leave Manchester United with his dignity still intact and supporters backing him. Despite the efforts of those above to sully his good name.
In a digital age, where video calls can be made anywhere, from the toilet to the Carrington boardroom, Carrick reported for work as normal on Wednesday while his bosses sauntered off to the French Riviera to make the decision they have known about since Monday, along with the rest of the world.
All without telling the man who it affects the most. The way Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the figure that ultimately makes the final call, has treated a club legend, who has served the club for over 20 years with the utmost respect, leaves a sour taste.
And that is a feeling shared by many inside the club. It is felt that Carrick was always in over his head and, to quote a famous Mancunian internet sage, he only really got the job “on a technicality”.
To then not back him properly in the summer, leaving him with the same backline that started a home defeat at Brighton in Erik ten Hag’s first game in charge four years ago, effectively set Carrick up for failure.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, CEO Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox are to blame (Photo: PA)Throughout it all, despite numerous personal attempts to get him to call out his overlords, Carrick has not once rounded on the club. He has always maintained that he will only do what is best for United, and his actions speak louder than any words ever could.
Other than the odd call for more in the transfer window during the summer, Carrick has accepted the blame for United’s rapid demise this season, without lamenting the unfathomable market approach or lack of support from above.
The overriding feeling from those within Old Trafford, even among some of the players, is that United’s problems go well beyond the coach, and Carrick is simply being hung out to dry.
Director of football Jason Wilcox is the latest public enemy No 1 among supporters. They lay the blame for the neglect of the squad firmly at his door, while Omar Berrada is not on any Christmas card lists over his involvement in a new stadium project that is fast becoming as unpopular a construction as HS2.
Wilcox and Berrada are understood to retain the full backing of Ratcliffe and Ineos, despite supporter angst. Therefore, Carrick must be the fall guy, because senior figures who should be shouldering the blame cannot sack themselves.
But there Carrick is, back driving into work at 7am, taking training, watching youth games, as if all is well in the world.
Michael Carrick arriving at Carrington this week (Photo: PA)The Carricks are not exactly going to go hungry. He stands to make around £3m in compensation in being relieved from his duties, with several insiders close to the 45-year-old believing he will not rush back into management, as he is very settled in Cheshire, where his son is doing well at United’s academy. There will always be an Overlap show for Carrick to appear on.
For once, United are making the right call in sacking Carrick now. The incumbent Mauricio Pochettino, while not the force he used to be, is a significant upgrade. But there is a class needed in handling such situations involving revered figures.
It is understood Berrada wants to deliver the news to Carrick in person rather than over the phone, which is a more proper way of conducting such business.
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But given senior figures then have to get back to Manchester to do this, from a meeting that should have been held in the next office to Carrick’s, or using that new-found medium of the internet, the ill-fated coach must suffer the ignominy of coming into work one more time.
United, lost in the arrogance that global domination used to bring, have long been accused of lacking class. It seems that, even as their superiority mask has slipped, they still cannot muster the decency to show someone the club supposedly holds so dear the respect they deserve.
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