Man Utd: Keane explains what Glazers are thinking after Ratcliffe sacks Carrick
Roy Keane believes the Glazer family will be perfectly happy with the job Michael Carrick did at Manchester United as they’re “not worried about the league title or cups”.
Michael 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.’
Mauricio Pochettino has reportedly reached a ‘full agreement’ to replace Carrick at Old Trafford to save their season.
But Keane reckons the Glazer family, who have taken a backseat since Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought a 27 per cent stake in the club to take control of football operations, will believe Carrick “worked out pretty well”.
He said on The Overlap: “The Glazers, how will they see this? Will they see the Carrick decision last year as a good decision because he got them in the Champions League and the revenues are coming in?
“They’ll be thinking ‘Yeah, it’s not worked out this season, but we get another manager in. Hopefully, get momentum, and we get back to fourth or fifth’, because that’s available. That seems to be available for lots of teams if you get momentum – fifth or sixth.
“So I reckon the owners are probably going: ‘The Carrick thing kind of worked out; he got us in the Champions League’.
“Why did they give him the job last year? The caretaker job. Their fear was they were going to miss out on the Champions League. They were frightened.
“They’re not worried about the league title or cups. They think we need to be in the Champions League revenue wise. So last year they probably go, that one worked out pretty well.
“OK, they should have gave them in the summer. We all said that, but they obviously panicked. They thought they’d give them another one or two-year deal.
But who’s making that decision? Business people or footballing people? Are they on the same page now?
“You go back to United when it was [Sir Alex] Ferguson and [David] Gill. Was it just between them two and the scouts? No one. You got so many opinions.”
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