'I'm beginning to think Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane were right all along about Man United'

Premier League pundits may have been right about Michael Carrick's lack of experience as Manchester United manager.

That is according to experienced former Tottenham, Everton and Aston Villa scout Bryan King, speaking exclusively to Football Insider.

The Englishman has been poor since taking over at the Old Trafford club, failing to win more than one Premier League game in six.

Most recently, he oversaw a Champions League defeat away to Atletico Madrid, compounding his struggles.

There has been talk of his future with the Red Devils, and whether he is good enough to continue.

But now, more people are beginning to lean on the side that Carrick was the wrong appointment in the first place.

Michael Carrick's doubters are beginning to increase

Carrick has had plenty of critics at Manchester United, and those have only continued to grow as the Premier League season has gone on.

There was plenty of hope that the Englishman was the right candidate for the Red Devils; after all, he did save their season as the interim boss in 2025-26.

However, since then, he has shown the total opposite of the results from last campaign.

And now his position has come under more scrutiny.

"There's been enough pundits, Roy Keane, Neville, Wright, you name them, Carragher, who've been saying that they should have taken in a more experienced manager in the first place. I'm beginning to think at times whether they're right, " King told Football Insider.

"But when I look back, when he started at Middlesbrough, I mean, he created a good side at Middlesbrough and then things went pear-shaped. He bailed United out at the end of last season.

"They got good results under him. This was always going to be a difficult season for him because this is his team now. He's been picking the players. He's been buying the players.

"So, results from working together with the manager and the players has got to come to fruition."

When Man United should decide on Carrick

Sacking a manager and needing to replace him midway through a season is never ideal.

However, there is an international break coming up in just a month.

If United have not improved by then, that could be the perfect time to make a change.

The international break allows the Red Devils extra time to get a new coach through the door, rather than having to rush one in.