Man Utd in the relegation zone: Michael Carrick says quitting is “not going to happen”

9th November 2026

Updated 9 Nov 2026, 10:35 · First published 9 Nov 2026

Manchester United are in the Premier League relegation zone going into the international break, and manager Michael Carrick has insisted he will not walk away.

Sunday’s 4-4 draw with Aston Villa left United 18th with eight points from 10 games. That is their lowest position at this stage of a top-flight season since 1986/87, and they have now gone eight league games without a win.

Man Utd – where they stand

League position18th (relegation zone)

RecordP10 W1 D5 L4, 8 points

Winless run8 league games – a Premier League-era club record

Gap to safety1 point behind 17th-placed Coventry

Next gameLiverpool (A), Sunday 22 November, 4.30pm

What did Carrick say about his future?

Asked after the Villa game whether he would consider walking away, Carrick replied: “It’s not going to happen, no.”

Michael Carrick, Manchester United manager

“We’ve just got to win games.”

After the 4-4 draw with Aston Villa

“It’s not going to happen, no.”

Asked if he would walk away

He said that, apart from “the totally avoidable goals we’ve given away”, United “played pretty well”. He was “one hundred per cent” sure the team could turn things around this season and that he was “quite clear with what direction the club needs to go in”.

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What are the pundits saying?

Gary Neville said the club’s owners “don’t have a clue what to do”, arguing that changing managers again and again had not worked. Roy Keane said Carrick “talks a lot but doesn’t say much” and that the squad was lacking leaders.