Manchester United to reportedly talk with Michael Carrick about permanent job — The right man for the job?

Carrick was hired in January to replace the fired Ruben Amorim for the rest of the Premier League season, winning his first four league matches in a 6W-1D start before losing at Newcastle United. Overall, he's 10W-3D-2L. The side moved fifth with his first win and have sat third since March 1.

Is Michael Carrick the right man for the Man United job?

Man United are undoubtedly doing the right thing by talking to Carrick about moving into the role full-time, but it's even smarter that they are doing so without having him as the sole consideration.

Carrick is well-respected by the current team and has to be treated as such by the hierarchy — Kobbie Mainoo said the players 'want to fight, want to die for him on the pitch' — but appointing him because of this crop of players would be short-sighted for a club of their size.

What's his vision for the club? When a club appoints another young coach with club history — Solskjaer was 45 when he took charge in 2018 — they have a chance to have someone for a long period of time and a long leash. But squad construction and transfer mentality has to be sorted now, especially if the club is reworking their wage bills. If Solskjaer wants to sign older players and the club wants something different, that matters quite a bit.

And there's also a chance the club could sit down and learn that Carrick doesn't quite have long-term vision beyond man management and what he does tactically. This could be great if he's willing to be a bit player in squad construction or disastrous if he doesn't have a feel for roster organization.

More to come...