Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo now no longer looks likely to push for a move away from Old Trafford this January.
As first reported here in my exclusive for the Daily Briefing, the change in manager at Man Utd now looks to have persuaded Mainoo to wait it out for a bit longer with the club.
The Red Devils have had interest in Mainoo for some time now, with the England international falling out of favour under previous manager Ruben Amorim.
Chelsea have been among Mainoo’s suitors in recent times, along with Napoli, but it now looks like he’ll remain at United under new interim manager Michael Carrick.
This is a blow for Chelsea, though, as the Blues could do with more depth in midfield after the injury problems suffered by Romeo Lavia.
Kobbie Mainoo transfer boost for Manchester United after manager change
United’s position had always been that they wanted to keep Mainoo for the squad depth, though the player himself was seriously considering leaving for more playing time.
The positive for MUFC now is that Mainoo looks to have cooled his interest in leaving, so he can now work on getting his place back.
It’s understood that Carrick has already given Mainoo some assurances of more of a key role in the United squad in the second half of the season.
“I really like him, I think he just needs a bit of patience and that little bit of break again, which I’m sure he’ll get,” Carrick previously said of Mainoo, as quoted by Sky Sports.
Fresh start for everyone at Manchester United
Things were clearly going really badly under Amorim, so it will be interesting to see what kind of impact Carrick can have.
The former United midfielder has been highly rated as a coach, having previously served on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s staff, whilst also having an impressive stint as Middlesbrough manager.
United fans will hope this proves to be the breath of fresh air that the club needs, and that the likes of Mainoo can benefit from the change.
How Carrick and his team perform depends on how much the toxic fog of confusion of Amorim’s era has affected Carrick and how fast he comes out of it. Fletcher found it difficult to escape. Against Brighton he could have easily won the game but, except for playing a back four he made every mistake that Amorim was famous for – getting the team selection, subs and their timing and tactics wrong.
Carrick even being there is a joke. They’re obsessed with ex players and United’s history which is the same thing that prevented Liverpool from winning anything for 20-30 years when they kept screwing up then bringing Dalglish back. We need a clean break and a good strong manager, not a series of interims and company yes men. And when… IF… we can get a good manager, we have to back them this time. When we need a whole new squad nearly, blowing all our (borrowed) money on a couple of players isn’t being backed. And any of this will only ever work, once we sort out/replace the hierarchy. Wilcox is causing all the damage, interfering with the manager tactics, selection pressure, dictating transfer policy and even trying to change the formation. NO good manager will ever agree to work like that under the real secret manager Wilcox. Hey, come manage United, Wilcox makes all the decisions but you’ll get all the blame! It’s ridiculous. What bothers me most, is that Amorim was doing well and improving, rebuilding. You can see United’s future, constantly sacking managers after a year or two when it’s at least a five year rebuild … and far more years if the board don’t provide the right players that the manager needs/wants. United are doomed to repeat the cycle of failure without big changes and a lot of money spending. Which of course we don’t have because of all the owners’ debt that the club got lumbered with. Over £1B spent on loan interest and refinancing so far – that’s partly why we’re so far behind the other top clubs. The other reason for it is the incompetence of the owners and hierarchy. Wilcox out. Should have fired Wilcox not Amorim.
For me it’s good to united if the could finse at top four and we shoul be happy us a suppoters of united.but mainno must remained at oldtroford