The timely Manchester United coach is focused on the fight for the Champions League zone and does not see the game against Cristal Palace as a duel between competitors for the position of head coach.

Timely Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick said that he does not see the upcoming week-long match against Crystal Palace as a possibility of hurting his rival. Eagles coach Oliver Glasner is considered one of the favorites for the permanent landing of Kermanich by Manchester United, but does not motivate Carrick at all.

Behind the words of the English coach, there is a lot of special element in his preparation for the game at Old Trafford.

It wouldn’t have occurred to me until you thought about it / It has absolutely no meaning. I respect Crystal Pelas and Olivera, the team's physician, and the role that will end. “It’s just our next game,” Carrick told journalists..

In fact, Michael Carrick is the bookmakers' top favorite to become United's permanent manager, having won five and drawn one in six matches across the team.. Natomist Oliver Glasner, like the others on the list of contenders, is experiencing a particularly busy season.

His campaign is accompanied by open criticism of the directors of the high-powered club, conflicts with patients and a sensational gamble from the FA Cup against the modest Macclesfield. After Friday's defeat of Aston Willie against Wolverhampton, victory over Crystal Palace allows United to climb to the third Premier League title - the first since the end of the 2022/23 season.

In addition, London's Chelsea, now fifth, will play against important rivals in the upcoming rounds - Arsenal and Aston Villa. This opens up a wonderful chance for the Mancunians to gain a foothold in the Champions League zone.

A similar development was unlikely even in Sichny, since Ruben Amorim's football club.

We know each other in nasty camps. We feel that we are collapsing forward, but the firebrand is those in front, and we are trying to get there, where we want to be, and a little more in the climb. This is literally everything I’m gushing about,” Carrick said.

A few key defenders will not help the team during the week-long match. Matthijs de Ligt continues to recover after a back injury, having left the front line of these teams for another 30 minutes (including MU change 2:1). His partner in the center, Lisandro Martinez, also put the group through the process of casting. However, Carrick began to sing that this is not a big problem, and the Argentinean will not be killed for a long time.

Match of the 28th round of the Premier League Manchester United - Crystal Peles scheduled for 1 February. Starting whistle at 16:00.