Sometimes, the best gift you can get is something disastrous you avoided, and an ideal Ruben Amorim signing breaking down again will have Michael Carrick feeling thankful. The results under Ruben Amorim warranted his sacking, but ultimately, he was sacked for having different views about the club’s direction from his bosses. With Ruben Amorim SACKED, where will Manchester United finish in 2025/26? Photo by Molly Darlington/Copa/Getty ImagesHowever, time is slowly proving Ineos right, as another ideal Ruben Amorim signing has just broken down again to hand Michael Carrick freedom from a potentially disastrous scenario. Now that he’s been replaced by Carrick, it’s almost a gift that United didn’t sign him, since the wing-back position doesn’t exist anymore.