Overview
- Carrick returns to Old Trafford with a backroom team featuring Steve Holland, Jonathan Woodgate, Jonny Evans and Travis Binnion.
- His first matches are scheduled at home against Manchester City on Saturday followed by a trip to Arsenal the next weekend.
- United sit seventh in the Premier League after early exits from the League Cup to Grimsby Town and the FA Cup to Brighton.
- Darren Fletcher, who oversaw two games as caretaker, is set to resume his role with the club’s under-18s.
- The former United captain previously had a brief interim spell in 2021 and managed Middlesbrough from 2022 to 2025.