“It is a choice of the staff not to press individually and to sometimes leave space to try to recover the ball, wait for the opponent, but sometimes, when we give these teams space, they gain confidence”. Bruno Fernandes’ comments targeting the Mancunian technical staff and Michael Carrick did not go unnoticed across the Channel. Clearly, it’s a crisis at Old Trafford.
On Wednesday evening, the Mancuniens lost on the pitch of Como in the Champions League (4-1), while they are in a sad thirteenth place in the Premier League standings. A very tense atmosphere has set in internally, since last week, it was Lisandro Martínez who attacked the management of the Red Devils. For his part, Michael Carrick does not seem to find a solution and his hours on the Manchester United bench already seem to be numbered.
A mutual interest
As indicated The Telegrapha big candidate is already standing out to take the place of the former midfielder. This is Julian Nagelsmann, who left his post as German coach after the World Cup on American soil this summer, and who is therefore free from any contract. The profile of the German tactician interests Manchester United, and it is mutual.
Indeed, the former RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich is interested in the idea of taking charge of the Red Devils, and will listen to any proposal that may be made to him. It will first be necessary to resolve the Carrick file, under contract until 2028, while the names of Antonio Conte and Eddie Howe had also been mentioned as potential replacements.
