According to reports, Michael Carrick has been left ‘hurt’ by how his Manchester United sacking has been handled.

On Thursday, Man Utd formally announced the sacking of Carrick, but this should have come a lot sooner.

After winning only three of their first 15 games this season, it became clear on Monday night that the Red Devils were moving past Carrick.

Despite this, Carrick was left to take training on Tuesday and Wednesday while Man Utd’s hierarchy had a meeting in Monaco and worked to finalise the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino.

Before Carrick’s sacking was announced, it was widely reported that an agreement had been reached with Pochettino, and this led to the club legend finally being put out of his misery.

Carrick has been out of his depth at Man Utd this season, but he has acted with class throughout this process and deserved to be treated better, especially as a club legend.

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Now, a report from The Telegraph has revealed Carrick’s reaction to United’s handling of his sacking, which fellow club legend Gary Neville has said has been “disgusting”.

Carrick is said to have been ‘hurt’ by what has happened over the past few days, while there has been ‘some resentment’ at the leak of his demise.

The report claims:

As mentioned, Pochettino will be Carrick’s successor, and the ex-Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and PSG boss has a big job on his hands at Old Trafford.

Pochettino will join as Man Utd are 18th in the Premier League, but the report claims that ‘club insiders believe European qualification is still achievable if Pochettino can inspire the type of turnaround Carrick presided over after replacing Ruben Amorim, initially on an interim basis, in January’.

They are said to feel that the squad ‘is far better than performances and results have shown this season’, while they ‘will “see an improvement” on the pitch with a “different approach”’.