Gary Neville: Man Utd can’t consider keeping Michael Carrick at helm post season

Gary Neville says Manchester United cannot consider keeping Michael Carrick as head coach beyond the end of the season, as Roy Keane called on his former club to go for the “best of the best”.

Ruben Amorim’s sacking last week – after 14 underwhelming and increasingly acrimonious months – saw Darren Fletcher temporarily parachuted in before another ex-Red Devils midfielder took the reins.

Carrick was named United head coach for the remainder of the season on Tuesday and is now gearing up for Saturday’s eagerly-anticipated derby clash with Manchester City at Old Trafford.

The 44-year-old is tasked with trying to lead the club to Champions League qualification and Neville is “quite emphatic” that his old team-mate cannot be given the job beyond this campaign, even if he flourishes.

“I hope he does really well,” Neville said on Stick to Football. “There cannot be any consideration that Michael takes the job beyond this season, for Michael and for the club.

“If he wins every game, look, we could be sat here in the season where he’s done unbelievably well, and we’re always thinking the fans are up and they’re in the Champions League places, fifth or whatever. It could happen if there’s a good run and we could all be getting swayed with it.

“I honestly feel like (you have to look at others) at the end of the season when you’ve got (Mauricio) Pochettino, (Thomas) Tuchel and (Carlo) Ancelotti.

“I’ve said Ancelotti. I just feel purely because he’s 66 years of age, he’s got probably the best job in the world right now. He’s probably got one job left at club level.

“If there’s one person who’s got the patience, the composure, the experience of the Premier League.”

United decided to give former Middlesbrough boss Carrick the