Roy Keane wasn’t happy with Sky Sports (Image: Sky Sports)
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has given a scathing assessment of the club and Michael Carrick’s appointment as interim manager. Carrick’s tenure until the end of the season was announced this week. His debut will see United welcome Manchester City to Old Trafford in an early Saturday morning kick-off. Before that match, Keane had already targeted Carrick and his wife.
Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: “I’m more concerned about the appointment of the manager and the staff that’s come in with him, but I think at this stage of the season, when you look at the group of players they have, most people will. That’s going to be a big question, look at Michael Carrick, whatever his mandate was at Middlesbrough, I’m sure it was to get promoted, but he didn’t do that so you could say he failed there.”
“I’m not saying he’s a bad manager, it’s a difficult job, but it’s great for him to get the opportunity. The staff he’s brought in, we sit here every week and talk about Man Utd being the best of the best, and I don’t see that with this appointment and his staff at the moment. But that doesn’t mean they can’t deliver.”
“It’s a great opportunity for him and his staff, but of course I’m worried, as I said about the former manager.”
He continued to scrutinize the decision to appoint Jonny Evans to the first-team coaching staff. The former defender’s return comes just months after leaving his role as loan manager.
He added: “It’s not about Jonny Evans, it’s more about the club, the decision-making, who they bring in. Jonny Evans left Manchester United about four, five, six weeks ago, right?”
“I quit a month ago and I’ve had enough of it. I haven’t been there for 10 years and it’s been a few months. United are making hundreds of staff redundant every week and Johnny is out of the job. Darren Fletcher will be called up in a week.”
Michael Carrick once again faced the disapproval of Roy Keane. (Image: Getty Images)
“My problem with Jonny is that he hasn’t been coached and hasn’t been in the academy for a few years.
“So Johnny, who had quit being a loan manager, gets a call and says, ‘Would you like to come back?’ I’m sure Johnny is thinking, ‘What’s that about being a kit manager, or am I working with the U12s? “No, you’re coming back to the first team to work under Darren.”
“Obviously it’s a great opportunity for him. There are two more games and if things don’t go too well, that’s probably the end. We’ll have another manager, but he wants you to stay too.”
Asked if he would have assisted United himself, he said: “Probably no. I don’t want to work with people above me who are dictating who the staff should be and which players they should bring in.”
“There was turmoil going on behind the scenes. I’m not saying the former manager didn’t help himself, but one day he’s going to come out and say there were decisions made that I wasn’t happy with.”
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