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Manchester United fires coach Michael Carrick as they near deal with USMNT’s Mauricio Pochettino

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Arnold, C. (2026, November 12). Manchester United fires coach Michael Carrick as they near deal with USMNT’s Mauricio Pochettino. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/sports/manchester-united-fires-michael-carrick-close-to-deal-with-mauricio-pochettino/

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Manchester United fired interim coach Michael Carrick on Thursday as the club nears a deal with USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino. Carrick’s dismissal came after Manchester United executives met with minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and decided Carrick needed to go due to the team’s poor performance this season, with United currently in 18th place in the Premier League. The club thanked Carrick for his contributions and aims to quickly appoint Pochettino as his successor.
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Michael Carrick has been sacked as manager of Manchester United after just 10 months, following a poor run that left the club in the relegation zone of the Premier League. Carrick, who had previously led the team to a third-place finish and Champions League qualification, was dismissed after Sunday's 4-4 draw with Aston Villa. The decision comes amid pressure from club owners Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family, who are facing criticism over the club's performance. Carrick is expected to be replaced by Mauricio Pochettino, the former manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, as Manchester United looks to stabilize their struggling season.

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New York PostThis outlet12 Nov

Manchester United fired interim coach Michael Carrick on Thursday as the club nears a deal with USMNT head coach Mauricio Pochettino. Carrick’s dismissal came after Manchester United executives met with minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and decided Carrick needed to go due to the team’s poor performance this season, with United currently in 18th place in the Premier League. The club thanked Carrick for his…

Manchester United fires coach Michael Carrick as they near deal with USMNT’s Mauricio Pochettino (this article)
Evening Standard13 Nov

Manchester United has dismissed manager Michael Carrick, who joined in January and secured a third-placed finish in the 2025/26 season by winning 12 of his final 17 games. Despite Carrick overseeing only one win in his first 10 matches of the current season and leaving the team in the relegation zone, several players including Harry Maguire and Joshua Zirkzee expressed support for him on social media. The report…

Manchester United dressing room reacts to Michael Carrick sacking →20 articles from Evening Standard on this story
BBC12 Nov

This analysis explores the internal circumstances surrounding Michael Carrick's dismissal as Manchester United head coach following a period of poor results and a lack of structural progress. The club's leadership informed Carrick and his representatives that a recommendation regarding his future would be made during a planned meeting with co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, coinciding with Manchester United learning of a…

How Pochettino came on Man Utd's radar - and what Carrick was told when →5 articles from BBC on this story
Al Jazeera12 Nov

Manchester United has sacked manager Michael Carrick midway through the current season. He becomes the third manager to be dismissed by the club during a season in recent history. The report focuses on the frequency of leadership changes at the club.

Manchester United sacked manager Michael Carrick →2 articles from Al Jazeera on this story
ABC News (AU)12 Nov

Manchester United has sacked manager Michael Carrick after a ten-month tenure during which the team fell into the Premier League relegation zone. The club has won only three of its 15 matches in all competitions this season, most recently recording a 4-4 home draw against Aston Villa last Sunday. This report highlights the club's poor performance under Carrick's leadership and notes that the team will not play again…

Carrick sacked as Manchester United manager after horror run →
City A.M.12 Nov

Manchester United supporters are demanding that the club’s owners, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family, explain their management decisions after the recent dismissal of interim manager Michael Carrick. Carrick's firing marks the seventh managerial change since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, and the cost of severance payments to managers and executives has surpassed £100 million. The article highlights…

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Glazers feel heat after Manchester United sack Carrick →
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Daily Mail12 Nov

Manchester United board members ratified the sacking of manager Michael Carrick during a meeting in Monaco on Wednesday after the club suffered a disastrous start to the season. Carrick was dismissed at the training ground just two and a half hours after his arrival, marking him as the first Premier League manager fired this season. The club reached a verbal agreement with Mauricio Pochettino to take over for a £7…

Michael Carrick is SACKED by Man United: Manager leaves training ground just 2½ hours after arriving - and now Mauricio Pochettino is ready to take over →

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United have won just one of their first ten Premier League matches and currently sit 18th in the table.

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“Article A describes the opening of talks with Pochettino and Carrick's uncertain future, while Article B reports Carrick's actual firing and Pochettino's near hiring, representing a different but related event.”

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Christian Arnold
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Hall was one of five American players to score in the blowout win that will mark one of the last matches that Mauricio Pochettino will coach before he leaves to take over at Manchester United.
Included in the four-year contract extension that Pochettino had signed in August after the World Cup was a buyout clause that was triggered by the Premier League club upon their move to make the Argentine their next manager. During Friday’s news conference, U.S. Soccer Federation CEO JT Batson broadly outlined the areas the buyout money could benefit, though he wouldn’t specifically say whether it would be earmarked for their next coaching hire.
Naturally, that raised the question: Why would Pochettino sign a new deal with U.S. Soccer in the first place if he wanted to coach in the Premier League again?
An emotional Mauricio Pochettino said his farewell Friday morning just hours after the news became official that he would be leaving the U.S. men’s national team to take on the role as manager at Premier League club Manchester United.
Here are a few candidates the federation could consider to replace Pochettino.
Under normal circumstances, Thursday’s U.S. men’s national team training would have been just another practice before the Americans face Haiti in the Concacaf Nations League beginning Saturday.
If Folarin Balogun had his way, things wouldn’t change anytime soon around the U.S. Soccer National Training Center.
The expectation that Carrick would be sacked had been growing all week amid reports that the Premier League club had been working to convince Pochettino to take the job.
Developments surrounding Pochettino’s potential departure have developed rapidly this week, just as the USMNT opened camp in Georgia ahead of two Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal matches against Haiti that will take place on Saturday in Miami and next Tuesday in Cincinnati.
The Jets, after their win, trolled the Devils a bit more in reference to New Jersey general manager Sunny Mehta’s statement earlier this week that said Hellebuyck wouldn’t be playing Tuesday because it gave the team a “reduction in our expected win probability.”
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Following the club’s 4-4 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday – a result that left United in 18th in the Premier League table – the feeling was that a change needed to be made before the season resumed following the November international break, The Athletic reported earlier in the week.
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The expectation that Carrick would be sacked had been growing all week amid reports that the Premier League club had been working to convince Pochettino to take the job.

Claims (17 extracted, 3 hedged)

The biggest domino has fallen in Manchester United’s pursuit of U.S. men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino. asserted
domino → fall → Pochettino
The Red Devils fired manager Michael Carrick in a widely expected decision on Thursday, after club executives Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox met with minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe in Monaco. asserted
Berrada → fire → Monaco
Berrada and Wilcox informed Carrick of the decision on Thursday morning, ESPN reported. asserted
ESPN → inform → morning
The expectation that Carrick would be sacked had been growing all week amid reports that the Premier League club had been working to convince Pochettino to take the job. asserted
club → sack → job
Manchester United has had a horrid season in the Premier League and the club finds itself in the relegation zone after winning just one league match this season under Carrick. asserted
club → have → Carrick
Following the club’s 4-4 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday – a result that left United in 18th in the Premier League table – the feeling was that a change needed to be made before the season resumed following the November international break, The Athletic reported earlier in the week. asserted
Athletic → follow → week
Sources told ESPN on Thursday that the club’s position in the Premier League was “not acceptable” and that the team on the pitch is “far better than results and performances so far this season have indicated.” asserted
results → tell → pitch
In a statement confirming the news, United thanked Carrick for his time leading the club. asserted
United → confirm → club
“After a disappointing start to the season, the club has come to the extremely difficult conclusion that a change is necessary in order to achieve our ambitions,” Manchester United said in a statement. asserted
United → come → statement
Just as he did as a player, he has conducted himself with the highest standards of dedication and professionalism throughout his time back with the club. asserted
he → do → club
His leadership and achievements last season will always be fondly remembered. asserted
leadership → remember → ?
“The club intends to appoint a permanent successor as quickly as possible.” asserted
club → intend → successor
All signs now point to Pochettino taking the job, with reports on Wednesday indicating that the two sides were finalizing a deal to make him the club’s next manager and that Manchester United has made contact with U.S. Soccer. asserted
United → point → Soccer
Pochettino had signed a four-year contract extension to keep him with the USMNT through the 2030 World Cup, but that contract reportedly has a $10 million buy clause. uncertain
contract → sign → clause
Should the pieces all fall into place, the USMNT will be searching for a new head coach, which could include a number of candidates. uncertain
which → fall → candidates
The Athletic reported on Wednesday that U.S. Soccer executives are already eyeing legendary former Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola as their top choice. asserted
executives → report → choice
Under-23 coach Steve Cherundolo could also find himself among the list of potential targets to take over if Pochettino leaves for the Premier League. uncertain
Pochettino → find → League
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