{
  "id": 19650480,
  "title": "Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Glazers feel heat after Manchester United sack Carrick",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/sir-jim-ratcliffe-and-glazers-feel-heat-after-manchester-united-sack",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T12:01:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/sir-jim-ratcliffe-and-glazers-feel-heat-after-manchester-united-sack-carrick/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family are facing growing pressure to justify their decision to dismiss Manchester United manager Michael Carrick. The Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST) has called on the owners to \"explain themselves and show some accountability\" following Carrick's sacking, which marks the third permanent manager to be let go by the club in under two years. Carrick's departure comes after a disastrous start to the season that left United languishing in the relegation zone.\n\nFormer United midfielder Carrick was let go in favor of former Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino. MUST praised Carrick for his service and the hope he brought back to the club during the second half of last season, but expressed disappointment in the manner of his dismissal. They argue that the club's problems are not primarily Carrick's fault, but rather the result of the Glazers' debt-funded takeover and repeated changes in football leadership since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013.\n\nThe sacking of Carrick has already cost United over £100 million in severance fees to managers and executives since the Ferguson era, not including compensation paid to other clubs and federations for hiring their managers. Pochettino is expected to cost the club around $10 million to join from the US national team. MUST has described the treatment of Carrick as \"classless\" and lashed out at the 24-48 hour delay in officially confirming his departure, calling it \"clumsy.\"",
  "summary": "Manchester United owners Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazer family have been told to “explain themselves and show some accountability” over the sacking of manager Michael Carrick. The Manchester United Supporters’ Trust issued the demand after Carrick became the third permanent boss sacked by the club in little over two years and the seventh to [...]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Man United ‘reach verbal agreement’ with Pochettino to replace Carrick",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/man-united-reach-verbal-agreement-with-pochettino-to-replace-carrick",
        "published": "2026-11-12T07:27:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}