Wes Brown has hailed the impact of Michael Carrick as Manchester United's interim boss - and reckons he is in pole position to get a permanent deal
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Michael Carrick has been a revelation since taking charge of Manchester United(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)
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Wes Brown reckons Michael Carrick is leaving Manchester United with no choice but to make him the club's next permanent manager.
Carrick has been a revelation since taking charge on an interim basis, leading United on an unbeaten run of six wins from seven games.
United have climbed to third in the table and are in pole position to secure a return to the Champions League. And former United star Brown reckons Carrick has done more than enough to get the job on a full-time basis.
Brown told BetMGM : "I think if something is working then why change it? You can't say if Michael will get the job permanently now, but there’s no doubt he’s in contention for it.
"He's seriously in the conversation now after what he’s done since he’s come in.
"It’s a seriously hard job. You just have to look at the managers that have come in before him and how much they've struggled for evidence of that.
"He’s managed to get the players playing well again, and in doing so they’ve won matches, and, at the end of the day, that’s what the Premier League is about.
"In the past people might have had questions about whether he's a big enough name for the job. But I don't think they can really do that now.
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Michael Carrick has transformed Manchester United's results(Image: Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
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"Manchester United have gone for big names before and they've failed, so I think the fact Michael understands the club and knows what's expected of the players make him a very strong candidate.
"He knows that more than pretty much any manager they could go for - and that's got to count in his favour.
"He's got that experience under his belt now as well, and there's always a case that if they do go down another path and it goes wrong, they'll look back and realise they made the wrong decision.
"Don’t get me wrong, he still hasn’t been there for very long but I don’t think there are many managers that could have done any better than Michael has done."
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