Carrick ‘recommended’ for Man United job
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
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Summary
Manchester United will face Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford this Sunday and there should be a good feeling about the place. Results have been close to perfect under Michael Carrick and we understand the club's executive team will recommend his appointment as permanent head coach.
So, hopefully Carrick will be staying on, but Casemiro will say a fond farewell to the home crowd after four emotionally charged seasons. The Brazil captain has shown admirable qualities to weather various storms and is arguably having his best spell as he prepares to leave.
Long before that, almost as this podcast goes out, we'll know how the U18s have fared in the FA Youth Cup final. It's a first Manchester derby since 1986 and controversy around the late change of venue adds an extra spice to an already interesting match-up; winning would represent a real achievement for United in English youth football's highly competitive environment.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:20.6 | This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:24.7 | Coming up today, Michael Carrick sounds like he is on the brink of getting the permanent head coach's role at Manchester United after Lorry's exclusive reporting this week that he will be recommended for the role by the United Hierarchy. |
| 0:38.7 | We'll get into all the details of that. |
| 0:40.9 | We need to look ahead to Nottingham Forest on Sunday at Old Trafford as Casimiro bids what I'm sure will be an emotional farewell. |
| 0:48.1 | What does it say about the club and about him, the send-off that he's getting? |
| 0:52.4 | And we'll also look ahead to the FA Youth Cup |
| 0:54.3 | final which takes place a little bit later on against Manchester City so hello everyone |
| 0:59.4 | carlin lorry and Andy are all here um it feels like a good week this for united lots happening |
| 1:05.4 | important things happening we'll get into all the details of it, but we need to start with the news, |
| 1:15.8 | Laurie, that Michael Carrick is being recommended for the permanent head coach's role at Manchester United. Yeah, it is, I think, a moment of significance because it's been the |
| 1:20.1 | big question, hasn't it, up until this point? Will United continue with Michael Carrick? |
| 1:24.8 | Will they, you know, go for for somebody else they've obviously been sounding |
| 1:27.5 | out other candidates and been weighing it up up to this point and a decision I think was |
| 1:31.4 | intended to happen at the end of the season but I think the reality you know has become clearer |
| 1:37.1 | and with Michael Carrick qualifying United for the Champions League places that subject I think is |
| 1:41.9 | something that everybody recognises needs to be addressed. So, yeah, |
| 1:45.6 | it's my information that there's an executive committee meeting this week. I believe that has |
| 1:50.1 | happened. So I believe the recommendation has been made by Chief Executive Omar Barada, |
| 1:54.9 | Director of Football, Jason Wilcox. And so now it's a case of, has Sir Jim Rackcliffe, |
| 1:59.8 | you know, agreed to that. Has he gone along with it? |
| 2:01.7 | I think that's the anticipation. And then you're into contract talks with Carrick and then also, you know, the wider staff. But mainly it's Carrick's the primary focus in terms of can they get a deal to see him last at Old Trafford and become, you know, the manager, head coach on a permanent |
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