Jose Mourinho has said Michael Carrick has been offered a coaching role at Manchester United when he decides to retire.
“Michael as a person is more important than Michael as a player,” Mourinho told a news conference after the 1-0 win over Brighton on Saturday. “We gave him the time to relax, to recover and to feel confident, to make the decision he wants to play, he wants to stop.
“He knows that my coaching staff has a chair for him if he wants, when he wants. I want that, the board wants that, the owners want that, so Michael is in a comfortable situation. His future is with us but he wants to be a player until the end of the season.”
Carrick signed a new one-year deal in the summer that will keep him at the club until next summer.
He had a testimonial in June following 11 seasons at Old Trafford after making the switch to United from Tottenham in 2006.
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