Report: Wilcox and Berrada to recommend Ratcliffe sack Michael Carrick

Manchester United director of football Jason Wilcox and chief executive Omar Berrada are expected to meet Jim Ratcliffe in Monaco on Tuesday and recommend that he sack Michael Carrick as manager, according to a report.

Wilcox and Berrada reached this position after assessing Carrick and the team's performances. They intend to tell Ratcliffe, who is responsible for the club's sporting policy, that the team needs a new manager. United States national team coach Mauricio Pochettino is emerging as a strong candidate, while Eddie Howe remains among the names Wilcox is monitoring.

According to the report, Pochettino is open to taking the job and is under contract with the United States national team until the 2030 World Cup, with a release clause that could require United to pay the U.S. Soccer Federation around seven million pounds.

Carrick was scheduled to take training on Tuesday. The report says United are in the Premier League relegation zone and sit seventeenth in the Champions League standings, having recorded three wins in 15 matches in all competitions. After the team's 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth on 25 October, Carrick was given three matches to prove he could turn around the poor start. Those matches ended in a loss, a win and a draw, while the results and performances led club officials to lean towards his departure, amid growing expectations within the club that he would be sacked.