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(Reuters) - Middlesbrough have appointed ex-Manchester United caretaker Michael Carrick as their new manager, the second-tier Championship club said on Monday as the former midfielder landed his first role as a permanent boss.
Manchester United are being tipped to finish sixth in the Premier League once again this season, as their midweek opponents Tottenham scrape into the Champions League positions. United ended last campaign in sixth under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and interim manager Ralf Rangnick.
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will both be going in pursuit of maximum points for different reasons when they go head-to-head at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening.
There is work still to be done to secure an agreement with the 41-year-old former Manchester United assistant, but Boro are hopeful of doing just that within days.
David de Gea, Phil Jones and Cristiano Ronaldo are the only three players in the current Manchester United squad to know what it feels like to lift a Premier League title.
Michael Carrick is reportedly poised to be named as the new Middlesbrough head coach. The former Manchester United midfielder enjoyed 12 years at the top with the Reds, lifting five Premier League titles and a Champions League trophy among many other pieces of silverware.
Two years, 13 days, seven squad inclusions and zero appearances. Facundo Pellistri has had a few uncompetitive kicks in a Manchester United shirt, scoring at Derby and against Liverpool in Bangkok, but he remains unused at a competitive level.
It's been a difficult afternoon of turmoil in which the house just won't crumble no matter how much you huff and puff and then finally, in the last few seconds, a golden opening presents itself. A close-range header, the goalkeeper flatfooted and scrambling, the winner there for the taking. The ball floats wide and everyone is left with their hands on their heads in disbelief.