Man Utd sack Michael Carrick after a disastrous start

Manchester United have sacked Michael Carrick after a dreadful start: one win in ten Premier League games has left the club in the relegation zone. According to the Mirror, the decision was taken at a meeting in Monaco involving Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox, and the compensation for dismissing Carrick and his staff is at least £5m.

Carrick took over in January after Ruben Amorim was removed, and he won 12 of his first 17 games, which secured third place and a return to the Champions League. This season, though, he has only three wins from 15 matches, and a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday was the latest blow. The Mirror also names Steve Holland, Jonathan Woodgate and Jonny Evans as leaving, while Sky Sports only lists Woodgate and Evans as expected to go.

The likely replacement is Mauricio Pochettino, the United States head coach, with whom the club has a verbal agreement, per Sky Sports. Sky puts his release clause at around £7m, while the Mirror says £7.5m. He would start after the Nations League games against Haiti, and his first test would be a trip to Liverpool.