Manchester United midfielder Casemiro believes interim manager Michael Carrick completely deserves the head coach role permanently. Carrick has done incredible work as an interim head coach and many United players have backed him to keep his job.
The former United midfielder took over the coaching reins from Ruben Amorim in January and since then, he has played an instrumental role in changing the club’s fortunes.
United were able to seal their Champions League spot for the next season after a 3-2 win against Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Red Devils had bagged 31 points after 20 matches when former coach Amorim was sacked.
“In my opinion, he completely deserves it [the Manchester United job], I think he’s a guy who has already demonstrated that he has very good qualities to be a Manchester United coach,” Casemiro told ESPN Brazil’s João Castelo-Branco
“So it’s not up to me to choose, it’s up to the club.
“But if I could give my opinion, of course he deserves it, and he deserves the club’s total trust.
“Of course, the season is year-round, but since he arrived, he’s been doing an incredible job and I think that with more time he has everything to be a great manager of Manchester United.”
The Brazilian said Carrick knows the club as he had played for United in the past.
“He’s a coach who knows the club, he’s a coach who was an idol at the club, he’s a coach who played a lot, won titles here, knows what the club is like, he knows what Manchester United is.
“So, full credit to the coach and there wasn’t much time, that for me was one of the big surprises, because he entered the middle of a troubled season.
“And the games, when he arrived, were not so much those games that we say to gain confidence, although in the Premier League there were not so many games like that, but those games, so there have already been difficult games.
“And the guy arrived and managed to change the club and me in particular, even more so because he was a former player, a midfielder.
“I’m happy for the person he is, the guy is a sensational person, an incredible person, and he deserves everything that’s happening in his career.”
United will next take on Sunderland on Saturday.
