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Michael Carrick says

Carrick was speaking in the embargoed section of the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Manchester derby at Old Trafford, having assumed the role of interim head coach.

The first question of this section was “You’ve been appointed as head coach at the end of the season. There’s no mention of interim or caretaker. Have there been any discussions with you and the people here regarding a role beyond this season?”

Carrick answered:
“No, not at the moment. I think we’re realistic as well, and where we are at the moment, why I’m here and the role I’ve got to do.”

“That doesn’t change how we go about it in the day-to-day, in the focus, and making decisions for the long term strategy of the group and the playing squad, and whatever that adds on extra in the layers after that. I’m certainly not coming in thinking it’s a time where week to week, game to game, we got to get through it and we got to take each one-off. I think we’re on a plan to improve and improve beyond this season.”

“However that looks at this moment, it’s all I can...