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Manchester United sit 18th as Michael Carrick leaves the manager’s job
Michael Carrick is leaving Manchester United after the team’s defeat by Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
The club are 18th in the Premier League, in the bottom three, according to the column.
Fans booed defender Diogo Dalot when he was substituted, though the writer says the reaction reflected wider anger about the club, not just his performance.
The column argues that United’s decline in playing standards has lasted for years, dating back to the final days of Alex Ferguson’s time as manager.
It says poor recruitment and decisions by the club’s leadership have left United unable to compete for major trophies.
Carrick is the club’s seventh manager to lose the job, and his replacement will inherit the same wider problems, the writer argues.
Michael Carrick is leaving the Manchester United manager’s job after the team’s defeat by Aston Villa.
United are 18th in the Premier League, according to the Daily Mail article.
The article says Carrick is the seventh United manager to lose his job.
Columnist Ian Ladyman argues that the club’s decline stems from poor standards and decisions beyond the manager.
Ladyman says United need better players before they can win major trophies again.
- Who
- Michael Carrick is leaving the Manchester United manager’s job.
- What
- United sit 18th in the Premier League after a defeat by Aston Villa.
- When
- The article was published on 10 November 2026; it refers to the match as having taken place on Sunday.
- Where
- Old Trafford, Manchester.
- Why
- The article says Carrick was not good enough to manage United and criticises the club’s leadership and recruitment.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Manchester United won what the article calls Ferguson’s final valedictory title.
Diogo Dalot was bought by Manchester United.
United lost to Aston Villa, and Dalot was booed off when substituted after an hour.
The Daily Mail published its article describing Carrick as the outgoing manager.
- League position
- 18th in the Premier League
- Manager
- Michael Carrick
- Opponent
- Aston Villa
- Player
- Diogo Dalot
- Dalot joined United
- 2018
- Article publication
- 10 November 2026
What people are saying
Carrick is not a good enough manager for United.
United will not win the big trophies again until they buy better players
It is this that has cost yet another United manager – a seventh – his job.