Rob Dawson

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ESPN FC · The Football Reporters: Will cautious Arteta cost Arsenal the title? · 27 Jan 2026 podcast

You made it sound like a public statement.

Just before we go on to Arsenal...

Michael Carrick is obviously the man in control of that job at the moment.

He's had two massive results.

Is his job to lose, do you think?

Is there a chance that we might see Michael Carrick be the proper permanent manager in the summer?

The sense I get is that the bar for Michael Carrick to get the job is really, really high.

Higher than it was for Solskjaer when he got it.

Because they're so conscious of the narrative around giving it to Solskjaer temporarily.

How high though?

Champions League qualification?

And that's the question.

Nope.

It can't be much higher than beating City or an Arsenal away from home.

And I still think qualify from Europe is a big win for United from where they were.

So to me, that would get him in the running.

But I think United internally are thinking that the bar is really high because the last thing that they want is to be seen to be riding on a wave of emotion with Carrick, the away fans at the Emirates singing.

Carrick's song and we're going to win the league and all this kind of stuff and Carrick at the wheel all that and then December next season comes and United have lost five of the first eight games and everyone goes oh I told you it wasn't going to work you should have got Tuchel in the summer and then that ship has sailed I think the bar is high I wouldn't give it to Michael Carrick

Well, if we think that Carrick managed the game at the Emirates quite well, I know that, James, you thought that Mikel Arteta did the exact opposite and managed it really, really poorly.

From your seat in the press box, where did it all go wrong for Arsenal on Sunday?

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