Gary Neville slams Man United’s handling of Carrick’s sacking as ‘disgusting’

Gary Neville has launched a scathing attack on Manchester United’s leadership, describing the club’s handling of Michael Carrick’s dismissal as “disgusting” amid reports of an agreement to appoint Mauricio Pochettino as his successor.

According to the Manchester Evening News⁠, United sacked Carrick on Thursday following a disappointing start to the Premier League season, with the club sitting 18th after winning just one of their opening 10 matches.

Neville criticised the hierarchy for reportedly approaching the United States Soccer Federation about Pochettino while Carrick was still conducting training at Carrington.

“It’s just quite simply disgusting. That falls well below the standard of what you would expect in any other business, in any other industry,” the former United captain said.

He also questioned the leadership’s decision-making, describing the situation as “indecision, lack of authority, just basically really poor leadership.” Neville added that the circumstances “reflects badly on the leadership.”