{"id":52550,"date":"2026-05-22T15:38:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52550"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:10:11","slug":"now-its-time-to-move-forward-together-again-michael-carrick-signs-new-contract-with-manchester-united-until-2028-option-to-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/now-its-time-to-move-forward-together-again-michael-carrick-signs-new-contract-with-manchester-united-until-2028-option-to-2029\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNow it\u2019s time to move forward together again\u201d: Michael Carrick signs new contract with Manchester United until 2028 (Option to 2029)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Manchester United<\/strong> have announced that <strong>Michael Carrick<\/strong> has signed a new long-term deal as manager, keeping him at the club until June 2028 with an option to extend until 2029.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The former Manchester United midfielder and club legend has committed his future to the Red Devils during a crucial period of transition.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Carrick Expresses Pride and Ambition<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Speaking after signing the new contract, Carrick expressed his deep connection with the club:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cCarrying the responsibility of leading our special football club fills me with immense pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He praised the players for their recent efforts, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cThroughout the past five months, this group of players have shown they can reach the standards of resilience, togetherness and determination that we demand here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Looking ahead, Carrick made his ambitions clear for the club:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cNow it\u2019s time to move forward together again, with ambition and a clear sense of purpose. Man Utd and our incredible supporters deserve to be challenging for the BIGGEST honours again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">A New Chapter at Old Trafford<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The contract extension signals stability at Manchester United following a turbulent period. Carrick, who has been instrumental in steadying the ship, is now tasked with rebuilding the squad and returning the club to its glory days of competing for major trophies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Fans have reacted positively to the news, with many hoping the continuity will help United climb back up the Premier League table and challenge in domestic and European competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have announced that Michael Carrick has signed a new long-term deal as manager, keeping him at the club\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":52551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[2907],"class_list":["post-52550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-michael-carrick"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52554,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550\/revisions\/52554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}