Michael Carrick's first match back as head coach of Manchester United sees his side clash with Manchester City at Old Trafford, roughly 14 months after Ruben Amorim's bow

Oliver Glasner has emerged as a runaway favourite to become Manchester United ’s next manager after he confirmed his plan to leave Crystal Palace at the end of the season. The Austrian gave a stunning press conference this afternoon, previewing Crystal Palace ’s trip to face Sunderland, but offered plenty of headlines away from the match.

In his first public address following his appointment, Carrick told Manchester United’s in-house podcast exactly what it wanted to hear. After the very public demands for a return to the club’s “DNA”—which is nothing more than the vague notion of attacking football—the former England international set out his stall early on.

Michael Carrick has been officially named caretaker coach of Manchester United after the club decided against bringing back Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Carrick, who was Solskjaer's assistant coach and became interim coach for three games when the Norwegian was sacked in November 2021,

Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo are both back from the Africa Cup of Nations and have been, arguably, United's most creative players this season. Amad was on the bench for the opening game of the season against Arsenal and started all the rest until his departure for Morocco. Mbeumo has started all the Premier League games he was available for.

Keane dragged up a run-in with Lisa Carrick from more than a decade ago in a recent series of typically outspoken comments.

Michael Carrick will take charge of his first Manchester United game on Saturday against their city rivals with a selection of experienced background staff