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Manchester United Chiefs Meet in Monaco Over Carrick

United sit 18th with one win in ten. The recommendation expected in Monaco is for a change, and the successor talks have reportedly already started.

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A stadium file photo. United return from the international break at Liverpool on November 22. (Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0)

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United's leadership met in Monaco on November 11 to decide Michael Carrick's future, with a recommendation for change expected.

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Michael Carrick took training at Carrington on Wednesday while the men deciding his future met 800 miles away in Monaco. [Michael Carrick arrives at Carrington as Man Utd executives meet in Monaco (Oldham Times / PA, November 11, 2026)]

Manchester United's leadership met in Monaco on Wednesday, November 11, to decide Michael Carrick's future. BBC Sport reports chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox are expected to recommend a change. The club has announced no decision. [Michael Carrick arrives at Carrington as Man Utd executives meet in Monaco (Oldham Times / PA, November 11, 2026)] [Man Utd open talks with Pochettino about replacing Carrick (Capital FM / BBC, November 11, 2026)]

The numbers explain the meeting. United have one win in ten league matches, sit 18th, one point above last-place Crystal Palace, and are enduring the club's worst top-flight start since 1986-87. The Monaco session was a regular, pre-planned strategy meeting at Ratcliffe's base, not an emergency summons, which cuts both ways for Carrick: the club didn't convene to fire him, but his future became the agenda anyway. Reports suggest clarity may not arrive until Thursday. [Michael Carrick arrives at Carrington as Man Utd executives meet in Monaco (Oldham Times / PA, November 11, 2026)]

The successor track is already warm, per the same reporting. United have opened discussions with Mauricio Pochettino, the United States head coach, about returning to the Premier League, and one report describes an agreement in principle if the change is made. Any appointment needs US Soccer's release: Pochettino's contract runs through 2030 and carries a buyout reported around 10 million dollars for specified high-profile jobs. The club had also previously sounded out Eddie Howe and Antonio Conte's interest, per earlier reporting. [Man Utd open talks with Pochettino about replacing Carrick (Capital FM / BBC, November 11, 2026)]

Carrick, meanwhile, did the only thing available to him: he drove into Carrington on Wednesday morning and ran training. United's next match is at Anfield against Liverpool on November 22, after the international break, which gives the board a window and gives any successor a runway. The decision structure is Ratcliffe's call on Berrada and Wilcox's recommendation. Until the club announces it, Carrick is the head coach. The reporting consensus is that he won't be for long. [Michael Carrick arrives at Carrington as Man Utd executives meet in Monaco (Oldham Times / PA, November 11, 2026)]

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