{"id":321753,"date":"2026-04-20T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321753"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:34:52","slug":"patrice-evra-urges-man-utd-to-not-turn-out-to-be-chelsea-with-michael-carrick-decision-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/patrice-evra-urges-man-utd-to-not-turn-out-to-be-chelsea-with-michael-carrick-decision-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrice Evra urges Man Utd to not ‘turn out to be Chelsea’ with Michael Carrick decision | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United hero Patrice Evra desires to see Michael Carrick stay on as manager (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patrice Evra believes Manchester United would \u2018turn out to be like Chelsea\u2019 in the event that they don’t appoint Michael Carrick as everlasting manager and begin again with a brand new boss in the summertime.<\/p>\n

Carrick has been in interim charge since January and things have been going thoroughly under his stewardship, with the Red Devils sitting third within the Premier League table.<\/p>\n

Champions League qualification looked like an enormous ask when he took over from Ruben Amorim, but now it looks very likely after a win at Chelsea on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Manchester United are 10 points clear of the Blues, who’re sixth within the table and in a serious scrap for a European finish.<\/p>\n

Opinion has been split on whether Carrick must be made everlasting manager or a more experienced, high profile boss must be brought in.<\/p>\n

Gary Neville has been vocal on wanting his former club to go down the latter path and hire a longtime winner on the elite level.<\/p>\n

His fellow former Red Devils full-back, Evra, doesn’t agree and reckons Carrick must be given the possibility to guide the club next season.<\/p>\n

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Carrick appears to have been successful with the players (Picture: PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Frenchman desires to see consistency and faith shown in a boss, unlike what he sees at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Rio Ferdinand Presents<\/a>, Evra said of bringing in a brand new manager: \u2018We\u2019ll have to start out from zero again. I just feel like we\u2019ll turn out to be like Chelsea, yearly. And this just isn’t United, we’d like consistency. Carra is doing miracles!\u2019<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old has seen his former club appoint extremely high profile managers up to now, to little success, and believes Carrick is carrying out the right audition for the role.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know why they think an excessive amount of concerning the future. The current is Carra to get the highest 4 spot. That\u2019s the goal and I feel we’re in a great direction for that,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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Carrick has not been perfect, with defeats to Newcastle and Leeds (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018We keep saying experience or whatever. We try with big names, with [Jose] Mourinho, with [Louis] Van Gaal, with Amorim. That\u2019s why, for me, should Carra get the job? This just isn’t the query of the day, of the moment.<\/p>\n

\u2018Carra is doing a great job so let\u2019s be behind him after which at the tip of the season if he doesn\u2019t qualify the team [for the Champions League] then I’ll understand if some people say we’d like a brand new manager.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I don\u2019t know if it should work. Personally I couldn\u2019t imagine the primary game against [Manchester] City, the way in which we played, I used to be like, wow! All of the players are passionate. Even in the event you bring an incredible tactician or big name, it didn\u2019t work up to now.<\/p>\n

\u2018Why we don\u2019t have someone from the home? He knows the club, he\u2019s really calm and he\u2019s doing a great job.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Ruben Amorim was dismissed after a turgid spell in charge (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evra even suggests that there isn’t a must try to discover a manager in an effort to win the Premier League next season as that is sort of definitely out of reach for the present squad.<\/p>\n

\u2018Do we’d like someone to win right away? Do now we have the players to win the Premier League? That\u2019s what I mean,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Amorim, every player he bought, now we see the standard of those players, so Carrick is doing a great job with them. Give him a probability.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Neville was touting the likes of Carlo Ancelotti and Luis Enrique as possible latest managers at Old Trafford, but they are actually expected to sign latest contracts with Brazil and PSG respectively.<\/p>\n

The previous England defender still feels United must be targeting a proven world-class boss, but is coming round to the concept of Carrick staying on.<\/p>\n

\u2018There have been a variety of candidates that presented, probably two or three months ago, that perhaps aren\u2019t on the table anymore,\u2019 he said on Sky Sports. \u2018They\u2019ve renewed their contracts in jobs. I feel they still must be pursuing a world-class manager, someone who’s best at school.<\/p>\n

\u2018If Manchester United can get someone who has won Champions Leagues frequently or who has won titles in their very own country frequently, they need to still pursue that route. But I actually have to say, the more the candidates dwindle away, the more Michael gets toward third place, there are more benefits of keeping him.\u2019<\/p>\n

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