Michael Carrick has been speaking in the embargoed section of the pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday lunchtime’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.
To catch up on the first part of the presser, please click here.
Carrick’s hopes of getting the permanent job
The first question was:
“It’s been three games so far, three wins, flying start, Manage the Month nomination that you’ve had today. Has what’s happened in these first few games, has it in any way changed your thinking about what happens at the end of the season? Anything in your talks with the club at all? And has it wetted your appetite to try if there was ever any chance to have this job full-time?”
Carrick replied:
“Nothing’s changed, no, to be honest. It’s not going to change what I do or how I feel about it. I think I’m fully aware of the role I’m doing here and the responsibility I’ve got. We want to be successful. I want the club to be successful beyond the end of the season. If that’s me, if that’s somebody else at this stage, I can’t control that. And we’ll see what happens.”
“But it’s certainly about trying to improve the team and keep making Manchester United stronger and improving all the time. But nothing’s changed. The results over a short period of time don’t change that. If they have changed that, there’s something wrong. It can’t be so knee-jerk either way, whether it’s really good or whether there’s a few issues we need to solve. It’s steady progress, really. You know that football can twist and turn just as quick. So we got to keep a bit of level, really, and keep focussing on what we need to do.
“But if this continues as it is doing, you’d be happy for your name to be part of that conversation?” he was asked.
“Listen, I’m loving what I’m doing,” he beamed. “I’m here, you know. I feel at home here, but I fully understand the situation. So I’m not getting too carried away.”
More to follow …
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