Gary Neville has spotlighted the “shocking” difference between Manchester United interim head coach Michael Carrick and former Red Devils boss Ruben Amorim.
The 50-year-old former Manchester United captain shared his verdict on Michael Carrick and Ruben Amorim in the aftermath of the Red Devils’ latest result.
Michael Carrick is just another Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with better players: __ % AGREE
Fill in the blank. Is Carrick actually a better coach, or are we falling for the same trap again?
Carrick has now made it four wins in four as interim manager after Man Utd’s 2-0 result over 10-man Tottenham at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
The 44-year-old United legend watched on as Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring in the first half before Bruno Fernandes netted in the second half in the match.
Carrick, who returned to Old Trafford last month, has already engineered stunning United results against Premier League sides Manchester City, Arsenal and Fulham.
Gary Neville on the remainder of Man Utd’s 2025-26 Premier League campaign under Michael Carrick
Manchester United’s win over Tottenham at the weekend has kept Michael Carrick’s men in the race for the Premier League top four in the 2025-26 campaign at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils are only three points behind third-place Aston Villa, with Unai Emery’s men dropping valuable points in their 1-1 draw against Bournemouth.
Man Utd are also six points behind second-place Manchester City and Gary Neville believes that the Red Devils are one of the favourites for the top four now.
Should Manchester United have sacked Ruben Amorim earlier this season?
Could we really have been title contenders?
“The team that is most confident about finishing in the top four out of Aston Villa, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool right now is probably United,” he said on Sky Sports’ The Gary Neville Podcast.
“But things can turn around quite quickly. No-one in that top five or six will be thinking they’re okay. Even City might have come back a bit if they had lost today.
“No-one will feel safe because it’s a bizarre season, teams are beating each other and strange things are happening.
“Everything at Man United is looking really, really good and they do look like they’ve got an incredible chance of qualifying for the Champions League.”
Gary Neville takes a brutal swipe at Ruben Amorim amid his major point about Michael Carrick
Ruben Amorim’s reign as Man Utd manager ended last month and the 41-year-old Portuguese coach was sacked as the Premier League club’s head coach.
Neville praised former Red Devils and England teammate Carrick for doing the “unthinkable” with the top-four challenge after Amorim’s turbulent United spell.
Man Utd have ALREADY got more points than 2024/25 with 13 games to go!
How many points will we end up with in 2025/26?
“They don’t have the confusion and the chaos of the fixture list that the others do, so they have a massive chance now to get back into the Champions League,” he added.
“That would have been unthinkable only four or five weeks ago, unthinkable. I can’t believe where Manchester United are.
“It was terrible under Ruben Amorim; it was shocking. But now the results are excellent and the performances are fantastic.”
United remain in fourth place in the Premier League table under Carrick and the Red Devils will return to action against West Ham away from home on Tuesday evening.
Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox
