{"id":1009144,"date":"2026-06-06T12:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1009144\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:29:42","slug":"paul-pogba-gives-verdict-on-michael-carrick-appointment-at-manchester-united-you-could-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1009144\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Pogba gives verdict on Michael Carrick appointment at Manchester United – ‘You could see it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Carrick was appointed the permanent head coach of Man United prior to the victory over Brighton on the final day of the season\"Michael<\/p>\n

Michael Carrick gives some instructions to Paul Pogba during his time as Manchester United assistant(Image: Matthew Ashton – AMA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has backed the decision to appoint Michael Carrick as the club’s permanent head coach. Carrick returned to Old Trafford<\/a> in January on an initial temporary contract after Ruben Amorim was sacked following his infamous press conference at Leeds.<\/p>\n

Under Carrick<\/a>, the Reds enjoyed an instant new manager boost, winning six of his opening seven matches in charge. United would go on to lose just twice as they secured a return to the Champions League<\/a> with a 3-2 victory over Liverpool<\/a> at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the final match of the season at Brighton, the Reds<\/a> confirmed Carrick would be staying as the club’s permanent head coach. This will be Carrick’s second permanent job as a head coach.<\/p>\n

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    Pogba played alongside Carrick during his second stint at United and was part of the squad when Carrick took up his first coaching role at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

    In an interview with Sky Sports, the Frenchman was asked about Carrick’s appointment. “I think he\u2019s doing a great job and he did it also at the time when he was the assistant of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/a>,” Pogba responded.<\/p>\n

    “He\u2019s a great guy, he has experience, he was a great player, and he has a very good connection with the players, you could see it when he took the team. I think it\u2019s going to be good for United. I wish them the best, obviously, for him and all the staff and the players.”<\/p>\n

    Pogba’s<\/a> United career did not play out as anyone had hoped. He would leave on a free transfer in 2022 and return to Juventus. But in 2023, the midfielder tested positive for DHEA – a drug that raises the levels of testosterone in the body. Pogba denied intentionally taking the drug but was still handed an initial four-year ban in February 2024.<\/p>\n

    On appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), this was reduced to 18 months. During the October hearing, the CAS agreed there was a lack of intent and Pogba was eligible to play professionally from March 2025.<\/p>\n

    Since leaving Juventus at the start of 2025, Pogba has signed for AS Monaco. However, he made just six appearances for the Ligue 1 club this season after suffering yet more injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick was appointed the permanent head coach of Man United prior to the victory over Brighton on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1009145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,423,24465,2942,16,15],"class_list":["post-1009144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-michael-carrick","tag-paul-pogba","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116703171162506392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1009145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}