Michael Carrick has been given more time to turn Man Utd's situation around after a poor start to the season.
It's been a wild week at United
It's been a wild week at United
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Michael Carrick stood in the rain to watch Manchester United's academy play in a friendly at Carrington on Monday while Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox deliberated over whether to sack him.
There have been dark clouds over Carrington literally and metaphorically, but Carrick survived the Bournemouth hammering and has been given more time to turn a run of eight games without a win around.
It would have been cruel for Carrick to have been sacked after watching the Under-21s in the cold, although it wouldn't have been a particular surprise, as the Ineos regime makes decisions at a glacial pace.
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