Ben Foster has insisted that one standout feature of former Manchester United and England teammate Michael Carrick caught his eye for all of the right reasons.
Michael Carrick is set to become Manchester United caretaker boss until the end of the 2025-26 Premier League season at Old Trafford ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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The Red Devils have endured a turbulent period since last week after Man Utd axed former Sporting CP boss Ruben Amorim from the Premier League club.
The Premier League side are without a permanent United manager, with Darren Fletcher appointed interim manager after Ruben Amorimās Old Trafford exit.
Darren Fletcher, who is the Manchester United Under-18s head coach, has overseen the Red Devilsā 2-2 league draw against Burnley and 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Brighton.
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Ben Foster spotlights an important Michael Carrick quality ahead of the Man Utd legendās forthcoming Old Trafford return
Ineos and Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe now want a Red Devils caretaker manager to see out the remainder of the 2025-26 Premier League season.
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The Red Devils are not expected to appoint the seventh permanent manager in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson until the summer after Ruben Amorimās recent sacking.
Speaking on his podcast, Ben Foster highlighted the impact of Celtic manager Martin OāNeill in getting the players to want to play for him when he arrived at the club.
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The 42-year-old former Man Utd shot-stopper is convinced that Michael Carrickās āauraā could convince the Red Devils players to do the same for him at Old Trafford.
āSo, if Carrick can do that [what Martin OāNeill has done] and heās a lovely guy, Michael Carrick,ā Foster said on āFozcast ā The Ben Foster Podcast.ā
āHeās got this aura of like confidence and I think the players will go, āYeah, weāll work for you. Weāll work for you.āā
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Michael Carrickās timeline of events at Man Utd upon his scheduled return to Old Trafford as caretaker manager
According to The Guardian on Monday, United legend Carrick is expected to be announced as caretaker manager of the Red Devils at some point on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old former Middlesbrough manager would lead his first United first-team training session as caretaker boss on Wednesday at the Carrington complex.
Carrick, who was sacked by Middlesbrough, would then take charge of his first Man Utd match on Saturday for the massive Manchester derby clash at Old Trafford.
Darren Fletcher could link up with former Red Devils teammate Carrick at the club, with the interim coach expected to be offered a place in the United coaching staff.
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