""It didn't bother me," Carrick stated when asked about Keane's comments. "[Former players] are not putting more pressure on me. I don't feel that. There are plenty of opinions around, some positive, some not too much. It's totally irrelevant in terms of what I focus on. I know what we want to improve on, how we want to work with the players. There's a lot that can be said, it's the way of the world. I'm not going to pay too much attention to that. For me, the players and staff, it's a focus on how we're going to succeed.""
"Only three days in the job, he's already found himself in Keane's crosshairs with the former United captain saying Carrick's wife, Lisa, "is probably doing the team talk" -- a reference to an incident in 2014 when Lisa called out Keane on social media following criticism of Carrick's performance in a 2-0 defeat to Olympiacos in the Champions League."
"Carrick has been named head coach at Old Trafford until the end of the season. The 44-year-old starts his reign with a derby against Manchester City on Saturday. Carrick has returned to the club more than four years after leaving following a short three-game stint as caretaker manager in 2021. Having worked as a coach under Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, he briefly bridged the gap between Solskjær's dismissal and Ralf Rangnick's appointment."
Michael Carrick has been named Manchester United head coach until the end of the season and begins with a derby against Manchester City. Only days into the job, Roy Keane referenced a past social media incident involving Carrick's wife and suggested she "is probably doing the team talk." Carrick said that criticism did not bother him and described opinions from former players as irrelevant to his focus. Carrick emphasized concentrating on improvements, working with players and staff, and not paying too much attention to outside noise. Carrick returned after more than four years and has prior coaching experience under Mourinho and Solskjær.
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