Michael Carrick has earned the right to bring equilibrium to Manchester United | Daniel Harris

It would be foolish of the club to undo a winning, entertaining formula by turning elsewhere for a permanent head coach These days, we have a strong desire to complicate football, particularly in how we talk about it. Often, we are saying the same stuff we always were, just calling things by different names – styles are philosophies, contributions are actions, players earn minutes, not appearances – and the game can still be as simple as it ever was. This is something Michael Carrick understands