Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has hinted that the club's management should free Michael Carrick from the burden of being head coach.
Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, the pundit shared his thoughts on the owners' indecisiveness following a recent defeat:
I believe that within a day of the loss to Bournemouth, they were literally debating non-stop. I'm not sure, but they took these discussions to such a point that they became utterly confused and decided: 'Right, let's just keep everything as it is for now.' In my opinion, keeping Carrick is a direct consequence of the absence of a clear plan, a lack of available candidates, and the inability to make a decision on the two specialists who were likely free. It is at times like this that the club truly finds itself in a dire impasse.
Neville drew a parallel with his own unsuccessful managerial experience in Spain:
Sometimes a manager needs to be sacked for their own good. I should have been sacked at Valencia, and I was happy when they relieved me of that suffering.
The veteran also highlighted troubling signs within the squad and the reaction of the team's leader:
We have all been in football dressing rooms and know how ruthless an environment it can be. If Bruno Fernandes, the club captain, publicly questions the manager's tactics after a heavy 1-4 defeat to Como – especially considering he himself played poorly and has looked lacklustre for the past three months, just like the other players – that is only one or two per cent of what players are really saying to each other within the team.
