I compared Michael Carrick’s journey at United to that of Mikel Arteta at Arsenal and people on here said they were no where similar to each other. I implore you to listen to what Simon Jordan said when Mikel Arteta took over Arsenal. Mikel Arteta took over mid December 2019, finished 8th two seasons in a row, finished 5th in 21/22 and then 3rd in 22/23. That 3rd place finish was exactly when Arsenal fans began to see that the fruits of what they’ve been labouring for all those years. I’d like to remind you as well that before taking the Arsenal job Mikel Arteta had zero experience as a manager even though he was Pep’s assistant.He never knew what it meant to be solely responsible for a team or what the pressure would actually feel like. Arsenal spent a total of £70m minus loan fees in Arteta’s first two windows (January and summer), compare that to Michael Carrick’s first transfer window as Manchester United manager. Micheal Carrick hasn’t gotten through a full season yet but was able to finish 3rd in his first half season. Like it or not the similarities between Carrick and Arteta are obvious whether it’s the dysfunctional nature of the clubs at the time both managers took charge or the media criticism of the board of both clubs or the lack of managerial experience or that bit of naivety that comes with inexperience or being completely written off by the media/pundits or being ex-players of the club they manage or being very young at the time they took over. The similarities are evident which makes it unsurprising to hear shouts for Carrick to get sacked, “Arteta out” almost replaced the Arsenal anthem at some point. Manchester United need stability, the same stability Mikel Arteta gave Arsenal not by winning immediately but by slowly injecting his identity into his team and winning just about enough to not get relegated. That stability has completely changed the face of Arsenal as a football club from being the butt of every joke to being favourites to win the league every recent season. Summary is that it’s simply way too early to have any concrete evidence that Michael Carrick isn’t the man for the job in-fact it’s 6years too early if compared to how long it took Mikel Arteta to finally win a Premier League title that had eluded Arsenal for 22 years and get them to the Champions League final in the same season. It’s simply too early.