Paul Pogba Supports Michael Carrick for Manchester United Revival
Paul Pogba has seen enough. From a distance now, but with the eye of someone who has lived the chaos and the expectation at Manchester United, he believes the club have finally made a call that makes sense: keeping Michael Carrick.
From uncertainty to a surge
The 2025/26 campaign did not begin like a season that would end in optimism. Under Ruben Amorim, United stumbled through uncertainty and inconsistency, drifting rather than driving. The football was muddled, the results mixed, and the mood around Old Trafford felt all too familiar: anxious, restless, tired of false dawns.
That changed when the club turned to one of their own.
Carrick stepped in at the start of the year, first as a stopgap, a safe pair of hands to steady the ship. He did far more than that. Across 17 Premier League games, the former United midfielder stitched together a run of 12 wins, three draws and only two defeats. That surge dragged United up to third place and back into the Champions League after a two-year absence.
The numbers told one story. The football told another.
Carrick pushed the team onto the front foot. United played higher, pressed with more conviction, and attacked with a clarity that had been missing. The players responded. So did the crowd. Old Trafford, so often tense in recent years, felt alive again.
By spring, the interim tag felt like a formality.
A decision that felt inevitable
Publicly, United insisted they would not rush. The line from the club was clear: no knee-jerk reaction, a full review of all suitable candidates, a proper process. Privately, and in the stands, it was obvious. This was Carrick’s job to lose.
He never came close to losing it.
Last month, the club finally made it official, handing the reins to a man who knows the fabric of United as well as anyone in the modern era. For many supporters, it felt less like a bold gamble and more like a logical continuation of what they had already seen on the pitch.
Pogba, speaking to Sky Sports in a brief interview, echoed that feeling.
Pogba’s seal of approval
“I think he’s doing a great job and he did it also at the time when he was the assistant of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,” Pogba said, cutting straight to the point.
“He’s 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’s going to be good for United.
“I wish them the best, obviously, for him and all the staff and the players.”
Pogba’s words carry weight. Across his two spells at Old Trafford, he made 233 appearances and worked under a carousel of managers, from José Mourinho to Solskjaer and beyond. He saw dressing rooms that were fractured and ones that briefly clicked. He also saw Carrick up close in a coaching role, bridging the gap between past glory and a squad searching for identity.
So when he highlights Carrick’s connection with the players, it taps into one of the key shifts of this mini-revival: a manager who speaks their language, but also understands the demands of the badge.
A new direction – if the club matches the ambition
For the first time in a long while, there is genuine belief that United are not just reacting to crisis but building something. Third place and a Champions League return offer a platform rather than a consolation prize. Carrick has given the club momentum; the next step is to sustain it.
That will depend heavily on what happens this summer. The attacking, front-footed style he has introduced will need reinforcing with smart recruitment, not just big names. The board must match the clarity Carrick has brought on the pitch with equally clear decisions off it.
Pogba, now watching from afar, has thrown his support behind the man in the dugout. United have chosen their path.
What they do with this window of promise will decide whether Carrick’s bright start becomes a fleeting bounce—or the foundation of a new era.
