Dwight Yorke is not convinced that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick should return to Manchester United as a double act until the end of the season.
Manchester United sacked Ruben Amorim as head coach after just 14 months in the job.
The dismissal led to Darren Fletcher stepping up from being U18s manager to caretaker head coach of the first team.
In the first game under Fletcher, United drew 2-2 against Burnley and slipped to seventh in the Premier League.
Fletcher will take charge of the team again when United host Brighton in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.
Reports suggest Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a strong contender to take over the team until the end of the season, but Michael Carrick is also a candidate who cannot be ruled out.
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This has led to plenty of debate in recent days, with United fans expressing their feelings on United In Focus via TalkingPoints.
Now, former striker and Treble-winner Dwight Yorke has expressed his views on United’s current situation.
Dwight Yorke raises concerns over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick
United chiefs have been holding talks with Solskjaer and Carrick over the interim role.
This led to suggestions that the pair, who previously worked together at Old Trafford, could join forces.
While Sky Sports reporter Rob Dorsett now says it looks ‘increasingly unlikely’ that Solskjaer and Carrick will be asked to work together in an interim role for the rest of the season, Yorke doesn’t think it would be a good move from the club.
Yorke featured on beIN Sports on Thursday night when he was providing coverage for Arsenal’s scoreless draw with Liverpool in the Premier League.
As per usual, the broadcaster made the conversation about United, even though the Red Devils were not playing.
Yorke wants United to hire an elite manager but has concerns about bringing Solskjaer and Carrick back together in an interim capacity.
“It’s a difficult one,” Yorke said.
“The reason why I say this is because you’ve got Solskjaer who’s been in charge. Carrick was under him and you’ve got [Kieran] McKenna, who is the Ipswich manager, who did most of the coaching stuff.
“Carrick has gone off to be a manager, so now you’ve got two heads wanting to be manager, and you’re trying to bring them back together. I’m not sure that is going to work.
“This is my opinion. McKenna, who was actually the coach. I think these guys [Solskjaer and Carrick] don’t really do the session. They more manage, so that becomes even more a problem for both of them. They’ve got to go find a coach. McKenna used to do the brunt of the work: putting in the team schedules, scheduling the session. That’s McKenna. That’s why he is the coach.
“I’m not sure these two guys can do that, so they’ve got to go and find somebody and they’ll probably go back to an old school person again, which is what we are trying to get away from.
“There are a lot of things going on and I don’t think this works. In my opinion, I don’t think either would suit.”
When asked to double down on whether he doesn’t think Solskjaer or Carrick are suited to the role, Yorke added: “I think one might be able to get it.”
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Moreover, on the latest Talk of the Devils episode, Laurie Whitwell has stressed that it will be it is unlikely that Solskjaer or Carrick would want to be a number two.
Whitwell said: “There were suggestions that they could get Carrick as an assistant to Ole again and Fletcher would be in there, Johnny Evans also.
“However, the sense we’ve been getting more recently is that it’s Solskjær or Carrick and I don’t think that Carrick would be a number two or Solskjærr necessarily.”
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United are currently seventh in the Premier League, and they take on Man City next week.
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