Manchester United’s interim manager Michael Carrick has given an update on the possibility of players that the club could but during the summer.
Carrick was speaking in a pre-match press conference ahead of the Premier League game against Newcastle United. He was about about the possibility of getting a left back following the injury concerns to Luke Shaw in the past few seasons.
He said,
Quite possibly, in certain ways, but, yeah, I think we can still be dangerous. We can still fill that spot. We’ve got players to be able to do it, so it’s not a huge concern at the moment. We always want to improve, we are always thinking about the perfect scenario of mixing players together, connections and who it suits on the pitch. But Matheus played that role [left attacking player] and caused problems, and has had big moments playing wide or inside. He’s doing well as well.”
He also spoke about the rumours linking him to getting the Manchester United job at the end of the season.
He said,
“There’s no getting away from the situation, of course, there’s not, and there’s not really an awful lot I can say about it, to be honest. I love being here, doing what I’m doing. I said from the start, I’m not making any decisions for short-term quick fixes. The responsibility, for however long I’m here, is to make decisions that are the best for the football club in the long term. Of course, listen: winning games helps, and the boys are doing great with that. Let’s see where it ends up. There is not really much I can say or give you, on top of that, at the moment.”
Manchester United have bern in fantastic form since Carrick took over the job from Ruben Amorim. He led the Red Devils from sixth to third on the Premier League table having the highest number of points in the league since he joined.