MICHAEL CARRICK has spoken to Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson and former colleague Ole Gunnar Solskjaer amid the team’s spiral.
is battling to remain in charge of United, who have gone seven games without a win and host Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday.
United have won two of their 11 games this term and Bournemouth are unbeaten in six against them, having won 3-0 twice and drawn 4-4 in their last three fixtures at .
Carrick namechecked Ferguson in his at his pre-match press conference on Friday and played under the Scot for seven years.
Solskjaer kept Carrick on as a first team coach when he managed United for nearly three years before Carrick succeeded him as caretaker in November 2021.
Carrick andwho played alongside each other in the current boss’s first season at United in 2006-07, were up against each other to replace Ruben Amorim in January and remain friends.
Ferguson, who was in attendance for United’s 1-1 draw with Leeds United last week, and Solskjaer remain in constant contact with Carrick.
Carrick said: “I speak to both of them quite regularly, to be honest. So there’s nothing in particular from that.
“I’m close to both of them and I do have regular conversations. So there’s nothing different this week.”
Carrick’s emotional address lasted almost six minutes before he took questions in a press conference that ran to almost 20 minutes.
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When asked why he felt the need to provide his own address, Carrick explained that he wants United’s history to provide a source of inspiration.
He stressed: “I fully understand the situation and I understand my position and I know what this football club means to so many people.
“The history is one thing and it doesn’t give you the right to keep winning. Teams that win earn the right to win, so it’s important we draw inspiration from the history and the past of what’s gone on.
“But our responsibility is to carry that forward and it’s so important to me that we do that.”
