Man Utd next manager: Huge Ornstein update reveals most likely Carrick replacement with trio ruled out

Lewis Oldham

11 Nov 2026 8:14 AM

Michael Carrick could be replaced as Man Utd manager.

David Ornstein has revealed a huge update on Manchester United’s search for a new manager, with three potential candidates ruled out.

It has been widely reported that Man Utd are expected to relieve head coach Michael Carrick of his duties this week.

United’s board are arguably more to blame for their current woes, but this season’s results and performances under Carrick have been embarrassing.

Heading into the international break, Man Utd sit 18th in the Premier League table after only winning three of their 15 games in all competitions this term.

United’s hierarchy gave Carrick the Chelsea, AS Roma and Aston Villa matches to save himself, but it emerged on Monday night that they are expected to sack the club legend.

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However, it has since emerged that Carrick is at least expected to remain in charge until Thursday because key figures are having a meeting to discuss his future on Wednesday.

Regardless, though, Man Utd are linked with several potential replacements for Carrick.

David Ornstein rules out three candidates to replace Michael Carrick

Now, Ornstein has named USA boss Mauricio Pochettino as the most likely replacement for Carrick, while three alternatives have been ruled out.

“Julian Nagelsmann is a name that has been mentioned. I don’t hear that that’s one they’re looking to pursue,” Ornstein said on The Athletic FC Podcast.

“Eddie Howe has been heavily rumoured, and I don’t hear that that’s one that they’re looking to pursue.

“Antonio Conte, heavily rumoured. I don’t hear that it’s one that they’re looking to pursue.

“So by process of elimination, you kind of get to somebody like Mauricio Pochettino, and you think maybe that is one.”

On Conte, Fabrizio Romano has also shed light on why Man Utd are “scared” of appointing the former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur boss.

“Antonio Conte, it’s a name that has gone completely cold in the last two, three weeks,” Romano said on his YouTube channel.

“At the moment, there is a feeling in the industry and also those close to managers in general that maybe Utd could be kind of scared of Antonio Conte because he’s a manager that sometimes when it’s time to say things to the directors, to the owners and to people at the club, he’s not scared at all.

“He just goes and says the reality, and so Conte is brutal.

“He is a serial winner, but he’s brutal.”

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