Wayne Rooney has made his feelings clear on who should be Man Utd's next head coach. Wayne Rooney maintains it would be a gamble to hand Roberto De Zerbi the Manchester United head coach role and has backed former colleague Michael Carrick instead. The current caretaker boss has secured 22 points from a potential 27 since his return to the club. United sit third in the Premier League standings and are once again competing for Champions League qualification following a dismal previous campaign. Michael knows, he's been at that club, he was at that club for a long time, he knows what that takes, and, yeah, he's a good manager, I think he's shown that.

Source: Express March 16, 2026 14:28 UTC