How Michael Carrick rebuilt Manchester United’s midfield

It might be a recruitment drive with a difference for Michael Carrick. Perhaps Manchester United’s priority in the summer transfer market was to find the new Casemiro. In one respect, though, it was to get the next Michael Carrick. Twenty years after his arrival from Tottenham, the current manager may be the last central midfielder United have bought to prove a sustained success. There are others who have prospered for a year or two – Casemiro, who had two fine seasons out of four at