{"id":15766,"date":"2026-11-12T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/man-united-need-bigger-solution-than-sacking-carrick-neville\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:00:46","slug":"man-united-need-bigger-solution-than-sacking-carrick-neville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/man-united-need-bigger-solution-than-sacking-carrick-neville\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United need bigger solution than sacking Carrick \u2014 Neville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">Former Manchester United captain, Gary Neville, has warned that changing managers will not solve the club\u2019s persistent problems, insisting that deeper structural reforms are needed to restore its fortunes.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">Neville spoke after United sacked head coach Michael Carrick, with former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino lined up as his replacement.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">Carrick\u2019s departure came less than six months after he signed a two-year contract, following a difficult spell in which United recorded their worst-ever start to a Premier League season, collecting just one win in 10 matches and dropping into the relegation zone.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">Speaking to NBC on Thursday, Neville said the club risked repeating the same cycle of appointing managers, enjoying a brief improvement and then returning to poor performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">\u201cMichael Carrick did that last season, so you can paper over the cracks and get a new manager bounce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">\u201cWhen the new manager comes in, everybody\u2019s happy for a couple of months and all of a sudden, six months later, it happens again. You can keep changing the manager and thinking that\u2019s going to be the answer. But this has been proven now over 12 years; that\u2019s not the answer,\u201d he said.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">Neville listed former United managers, including Ruben Amorim, Erik ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, David Moyes and Ralf Rangnick, arguing that their failure to deliver sustained success pointed to deeper problems within the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">He blamed what he described as weaknesses in the club\u2019s performance and recruitment departments, as well as a lack of effective leadership.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a poor performance department, poor recruitment department, you\u2019ve not got leadership that is strong right through the spine of the football club, you will fail,\u201d he said.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">The former England defender added that United needed leadership aligned from the boardroom and ownership level to the playing staff.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text xkrh14z\">\u201cThere are real issues within that football club. You\u2019ve got people doing those jobs who have never done those jobs before in senior positions,\u201d Neville added.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United captain, Gary Neville, has warned that changing managers will not solve the club\u2019s persistent problems, insisting that deeper structural reforms are needed to restore its fortunes. 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