This makes eminent sense, especially if Jose Mourinho clears house elsewhere.
On Monday, Manchester United signed Marcus Rashford and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson to four-year deals. Today, the club will reportedly seek to tie up a club veteran.
Michael Carrick, who will be 35 by the start of the 2016/17 season, will be offered a one-year contract extension. According to The Independent, the deal has been sanctioned by Mourinho.
The midfielder has been at United since 2006 and has won 14 major trophies in his time at the club. It was thought that his F.A Cup winners’ medal would be his last with the club.
The newspaper report that Carrick had offers from the MLS and China’s Super League, with Premier League clubs ‘also interested’.
His current contract expires on June 30 and no new deal was sanctioned while uncertainty existed over the future of former boss Louis van Gaal. It is thought, however, that the Dutchman would have kept Carrick at the club had he remained.
Moran Schneiderlin, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and Bastian Schweinsteiger all partnered Carrick in centre midfield last season. Daley Blind can also play in that position.
Doubts exist, however, over the futures of Fellaini, Mata and, as recently as a Sky Sports report this morning, Blind.
Keeping Carrick for Mourinho’s first season in charge would make sense.
