Roy Keane launches extraordinary Man Utd on dwell TV with brutal dig at Michael Carrick
Michael Carrick has been appointed as the interim Manchester United manager until the end of the season, but Roy Keane has questioned the decision-makers at the club
Roy Keane has given his thoughts on Manchester United ahead of the Manchester Derby.(Image: Sky Sports. )
Ex-Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has unleashed a blistering tirade about the team and the appointment of Michael Carrick as temporary manager. Carrick’s role until the season’s end was confirmed this week.
His inaugural match will see his squad face Manchester City at Old Trafford in Saturday’s early kick-off. Ahead of this clash, Keane hasn’t minced his words regarding his views on the situation.
Speaking on Sky Sports, he fumed: “I’m more concerned with the appointment and the staff that have come in with the manager, but I think I’d be like that with most people at this stage of the season and looking at the group of player that they have.
“It’s going to be a big ask, you look at Michael Carrick, whatever his remit was a Middlesbrough I’m pretty sure it was to get promoted, he didn’t do that, so you could say he failed there. It doesn’t mean to say that he’s a bad manager, that’s a difficult job, but to get the opportunity, it’s great for him.
“The staff he’s brought in, we sit here every week talking about Man United being the best of the best and at this moment in time I don’t see that with the appointment and his staff. But it doesn’t mean that they can’t get results.
“It’s a great opportunity for him and his staff, but of course, I’m concerned, I said that about the previous manager,” reports the Mirror.
He continued to question the decision to appoint Jonny Evans to the first team coaching staff, just months after he left his position as loans manager.
“It’s not an issue with Jonny Evans, it’s more an issue with the club, the decision making, who they’re bringing in. Jonny Evans left Manchester United about four, five, six weeks ago right?
“Leaves a month ago, had enough of doing that, he wasn’t there for ten years doing it, a few months. United are letting 100s of people go, staff, every week, but Jonny walks away from that job.
“Gets called a week later, Darren Fletcher. My issue with Jonny, he’s got no coaching, it’s not as if he’s worked in the academy for a few years.
“So Jonny gets a phone call, having left as loans manager, ‘do you want to come back? I bet Jonny’s thinking, ‘what as the kit manager or am I working with the U12s?’
“‘No, you’re coming back with the first team to work under Darren’. Obviously a great opportunity for him, they have two games, don’t go too well, that’s probably the end of that. Another manager coming in, he wants you to stay on as well.
When asked if he would have stepped in to help United, he responded: “It would probably be no, I don’t want to work with people above me who are dictating who your staff are, telling you what players to bring in.
“It’s not an issue with Jonny Evans, it’s more an issue with the club, the decision making, who they’re bringing in. Jonny Evans left Manchester United about four, five, six weeks ago right?
“There’s been chaos going on in the background. I’m not saying the previous manager hasn’t helped himself, but I guarantee one day he’ll come out and say there were decisions made I wasn’t happy with.
