Updated / Sunday, 25 Oct 2026 17:10
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Michael Carrick signed a two-year deal in May with the club
Michael Carrick admitted he did not know what the future holds for him after Manchester United were humiliated at Old Trafford by Bournemouth.
United [crashed to a feeble 3-0 defeat](https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/1025/1596768-carrick-pressure-mounts-as-bournemouth-cherry-pick-united/) with his position already hanging in the balance as their poor start to the season was compounded by Wednesday's calamitous 4-1 loss at Champions League upstarts Como.
"It’s a tough situation, there’s no hiding from it," United boss Carrick told Sky Sports after a performance that saw boos ring around Old Trafford.
"What it looks like and what’s next I really don’t know.
"I will always do my best for the football club and I won’t change that now.
"I love what I do and I feel the responsibility – we’ll have to wait and see."
Carrick had been handed a two-year deal by the club in May after previously taking the squad on in an interim basis.
Captain Bruno Fernandes had been dropped by Carrick for the game after he questioned the manager's tactics following the defeat to Como during the week.
Fernandes told TNT Sports: "It's a decision from the staff to not press man-to-man and sometimes leave a little bit of space in behind, and trying to get the ball in the first moment, to wait for them, to give them the ball.
"Sometimes when you give too much of the ball to these teams, they get confidence. They have so many bodies behind the ball that make you run a lot, make people get frustrated, and then obviously when you recover the ball, the legs and the brain are much more difficult to make it work."
Asked further about the tactics, he said: "It’s on the manager and on the staff to say it, it is not on me.
"I just said that I think sometimes we have to be more brave under pressure, trying to take a risk of getting that press very high and making them uncomfortable, as they did to us."
Asked before kick-off whether Fernandes had been left out for football reasons or other factors, Carrick told Sky Sports: "Pure football."
"When you have options it's always a difficult decision. We have to make the right one for today and the team to get that performance we want," he added.
Fernandes' comments came after another United player, Lisandro Martinez, had criticised the United hierarchy in the boardroom for not giving the squad more support.