PETER SCHMEICHEL has accused Manchester United of being “very disrespectful” towards Michael Carrick amid talks over his future.
is in the coming days.
currently sit 18th in the table with just eight points from their opening 10 games.
And following a long run of underwhelming results, club officials are prepared to make a change.
Man Utd have ahead of next weekend’s match against at Anfield.
But club legend claims they have disrespected their current head coach.
Speaking on The Overlap Daily, brought to you by Sky Vegas , the former United goalkeeper said: “I absolutely do feel sympathy for him.
“I think the way this is playing out is very disrespectful to him. If I’m honest, I don’t think he’s doing anything wrong.
“I know the team that he’s in charge of is where they are in the table, but I don’t put all of that on him.
“There are so many things that have been going on at Manchester United literally since [Sir] [Ferguson] and David Gill left the club. And it’s never been corrected.
“It’s not been the correct people, not the right people in charge, and slowly it’s just gone worse.”
Schmeichel went on to criticise the club’s transfer strategy, which saw them focus on the midfield in the summer window.
He continued: “And if you think about this transfer window now, it’s abundantly clear to everyone – everyone who knows just a little bit about football – that Manchester United needed defenders.
“They got through a whole transfer window without signing a single defender.
“There was a little bit of talk about Lewis Hall joining the club or going for Lewis Hall. That didn’t happen. And so, they bought three midfield players.
“And we know, because we’ve been in the game for so many years, that you can’t win games – if you concede 30 goals in 10 games, then there is a problem, and that was not addressed.
“Now, was Michael Carrick in on those decisions? Well, it took them forever, forever, to give him the job. So, I suspect he wasn’t in any of those discussions about who to sign up until the point he got named as manager.
“So yes, I do feel a lot of sympathy for Michael. I think what is happening is wrong. I think we should stick with Michael.
“I think we should just try and steady the ship a little bit and then get into January and then sign the players that he feels he needs to bring the team forward and then be realistic about what this season is all about.
“Obviously, it’s about climbing as high as Manchester United can in the table.”
is on Saturday and on Tuesday before flying to England.
However, that will only give him a few days with the Man Utd squad before their match against Liverpool.
Carrick made 464 appearances for United as a player across 12 years and is widely regarded as a club legend.
