‘He got the job on the back of nothing!’ – Carragher refuses to ‘feel sorry’ for Carrick after Man Utd sack

Jamie Carragher refuses to “feel sorry” for Michael Carrick after he got the Manchester United job “on the back of nothing”.

Carrick has finally been sacked by Manchester United with the Red Devils in the Premier League relegation zone on eight points from ten games.

A statement on Man Utd’s official website reads: ‘Manchester United can confirm that Michael Carrick has departed his role as men’s first-team head coach.

‘Michael rejoined the club in January and guided the team to a third-placed Premier League finish by winning 12 out of the remaining 17 games of the 2025/26 season, accumulating the highest points tally in the league during that period.

‘After a disappointing start to the season, the club has come to the extremely difficult conclusion that a change is necessary in order to achieve our ambitions.

‘Michael is, and always will be, a Manchester United legend. Just as he did as a player, he has conducted himself with the highest standards of dedication and professionalism throughout his time back with the club. His leadership and achievements last season will always be fondly remembered.

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‘The club intends to appoint a permanent successor as quickly as possible.’

Carrick was handed the interim reins after Ruben Amorim was sacked after being out of work for six months following his dismissal from Middlesbrough.

After taking United back into the Champions League he was handed a two-year permanent deal at Old Trafford and it’s been downhill ever since to the point now when his position became untenable.

Carrick has received plenty of sympathy both for the way he’s been treated in the last few days, taking training while knowing he would soon be out of the job, and because he asked for players in the summer that weren’t delivered.

But Carragher isn’t having it, instead suggesting Carrick was very lucky to be given the job at all given his lack of experience.

“Michael Carrick got the job on the back of nothing!” Carragher said on The Overlap. “He got the job on the back of basically playing for Man United, and he did really well. So [I don’t buy into] this idea that we’ve got to feel sorry for Michael Carrick.

“What he did to get him to the Champions League, the big games he won against Arsenal, Liverpool, all these games, he did brilliantly.

“He’s had a couple of games the last couple of weeks, the Roma game and coming back [against Aston Villa]; the fans are chanting his name.

“I’m not sat here feeling sorry for Michael Carrick. He’s not he’s not a manager who’s been managing for 10 years, working all over the world to get this job at Man United.

“He had about two years at Middlesbrough, was doing a bit of punditry and then got the Man Utd job.

“He was managing one of the biggest clubs in the world on the back of basically not really doing a lot.

“He got them in the Champions League but he was never at the calibre of managers in the Premier League.

“The managers in the Premier League are the best in the world and he’s just not quite at that level.”

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