{"id":81559,"date":"2026-01-13T11:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81559"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:38:06","slug":"michael-carrick-set-to-become-manchester-united-interim-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/13\/michael-carrick-set-to-become-manchester-united-interim-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick Set to Become Manchester United Interim Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have reached a verbal agreement with Michael Carrick to serve as interim head coach until the end of the season.<br \/>\nThe former midfielder, a club legend, is expected to return to the dugout to steady the team during a critical phase of the campaign. Carrick previously worked on United\u2019s coaching staff and is regarded as a trusted figure with strong knowledge of the club\u2019s culture.<br \/>\nSources say the deal is in place, with official confirmation expected soon. Carrick will be tasked with stabilising results and restoring confidence as the club searches for a long-term managerial solution.<br \/>\nAn announcement is anticipated in the coming hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola Manchester United have reached a verbal agreement with Michael Carrick to serve as interim head coach until the end of the season. The former midfielder, a club legend, is expected to return to the dugout to steady the team during a critical phase of the campaign. Carrick previously worked on United\u2019s coaching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":81560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-81559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81561,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81559\/revisions\/81561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}