MUST slams Glazers and INEOS after Manchester United sack Michael Carrick

The Manchester United Supporters’ Trust (MUST) has publicly condemned the club’s ownership after Michael Carrick was officially sacked on Thursday, three days after United first indicated he would be dismissed. Carrick departs with the club sitting in the relegation zone, having won just one of his ten Premier League matches in charge.

In a formal statement, MUST directed supporter anger squarely at the boardroom rather than at Carrick himself. “Michael Carrick’s departure marks another depressing moment for Manchester United,” the trust wrote. “The reason Manchester United fans have continued to support Michael Carrick in recent weeks is that they know that responsibility for United’s problems do not primarily rest with him or indeed his predecessors as manager. They lie with the ownership.”

The statement took aim at both the Glazer family and INEOS, the group led by Sir Jim Ratcliffe that acquired a minority stake and took control of football operations in February 2024, while the Glazers remain majority stakeholders. “The Glazers’ debt-funded takeover continues to burden the club,” MUST wrote. “When INEOS came in they promised sporting excellence, but yet with repeated changes in football leadership we have seen anything but. It is time for the owners to explain themselves and show some accountability.”

Beyond results on the pitch, MUST broadened its criticism to cover the club’s commercial treatment of supporters, citing what it described as aggressive ticketing policies that have eroded the relationship between the fanbase and the club. “Treating loyal fans principally as a source of revenue undermines their identity and the bond with the team that sustains support through difficult times,” the statement read.

The trust pointed to visible signs of deterioration inside Old Trafford, including a Stretford End banner reading “The way you treat us is a disgrace” and what it described as an unprecedented scale of booing, alongside public criticism from senior players. “These are signs of a club becoming more divided, with the bond between supporters, players and those running Manchester United under increasing strain,” MUST said.

The trust noted it had warned publicly in January 2025 that alienating supporters risked triggering a downward spiral of worsening atmosphere, performances, and financial outcomes. With United in the relegation zone and now searching for yet another manager, that warning has taken on renewed urgency.