Manchester United must take time on manager choice, says Michael Carrick

Michael Carrick said Manchester United should not rush their decision on a permanent manager and confirmed nothing has changed about his own role.Carrick became United’s interim manager until the end of the season after Ruben Amorim was sacked in January.

The former midfielder has guided the team to three straight wins against Manchester City, Arsenal, and Fulham, moving United into fourth place in the Premier League.Ahead of Saturday’s match against Tottenham, the 44-year-old said the club should take its time in choosing a new manager after many appointments in recent years have not worked out."Nothing's changed, no, to be honest. It's not going to change what I do, or how I feel about it.

I think I'm fully aware of the role I'm doing here and the responsibility I've got," he told reporters."We want to be successful. I want the club to be successful beyond the end of the season."If that's me, if that's somebody else at this stage, I can't control that and we'll see what happens."If they have changed that, there's something wrong. It can't be so knee-jerk either way, whether it's really good or whether there's a few issues we need to solve.

It's steady progress, really."Carrick was chosen to take charge for the rest of the season after United also spoke to former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy about the caretaker role.At Old Trafford, where he spent 12 years as a player, Carrick said he is enjoying his current job."I'm loving what I'm doing. I'm here, you know," he said."I feel at home here but I fully understand the situation, so I'm not getting too carried away."