How Michael Carrick compared to Man Utd’s other bosses since Sir Alex Ferguson
Michael Carrick has been sacked as Manchester United head coach.
Following a successful stint on an initial deal until the end of last season, Carrick had the best winning percentage of any permanent boss in United’s history.
But three wins in 15 games this season saw him plummet down the rankings of permanent managers at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
Here, the Press Association looks at Carrick’s record compared to his predecessors.
Carrick’s record
– United won 12 out of 17 games last season under Carrick – a 70.1 per cent win rate, which saw him comfortably sit with the best record of permanent Old Trafford managers.
– But he leaves with a record of 15 wins in 32 matches – a rate of just 46.9 per cent, which leaves him only ahead of Ruben Amorim, the man he replaced in the dugout last season, in the years since Ferguson’s retirement.
– Carrick has overseen three wins in 15 matches this campaign (20 per cent). They won eight out of 21 games before Amorim’s sacking last year (38.1 per cent).
– His drop-off brings echoes of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The former United striker’s win percentage fell from 73.7 per cent as interim manager (14 wins in 19 games) to 51.7 per cent having been appointed on a permanent basis (77 out of 149).
– Carrick had three games as caretaker boss after Solskjaer’s departure, wins over Villarreal and Arsenal and a draw with Chelsea. These matches are not counted towards his record as permanent manager.
Ferguson’s shadow
Since the retirement in 2013 of Ferguson, who won 26 major trophies in 27 years at Old Trafford and had a 59.7 per cent win ratio, United have struggled to find a long-term figurehead.
– Ferguson took charge of 1,500 games with United. In 731 games since he retired in 2013, Carrick was the club’s seventh permanent manager in addition to interim boss Ralf Rangnick and caretakers Ryan Giggs, Carrick himself, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Darren Fletcher.
– Jose Mourinho has the best win percentage of those permanent managers with 58.3 per cent, 84 out of 144 games.
– Mourinho also won the most trophies of any manager since Ferguson, with a League Cup and Europa League double in 2016-17 having opened that season with the Community Shield. Erik ten Hag won both domestic cups, Louis van Gaal lifted an FA Cup and David Moyes another Community Shield.
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