Overview
- Manchester United ended a nine-match winless run with a 3-2 comeback at Roma on Tuesday, but the victory did not remove scrutiny of the head coach.
- Michael Carrick says he has not been given any assurances about his job and will learn his fate after Sunday’s Premier League game versus Aston Villa.
- Reported contacts between United’s sporting director and chief executive and potential successors have included Eddie Howe, Julian Nagelsmann and Antonio Conte.
- United sit seventeenth with seven points from nine matches and will drop into the relegation zone during the international break if they fail to beat Villa.
- Discipline and recruitment are central complaints, with three red cards this season and critics pointing to summer transfer choices and executive responsibility as part of the club’s deeper problems.