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Manchester United Football Club has made a long-awaited move and fired Michael Carrick as head coach.
The club said in a statement on Thursday morning that Manchester United had "come to the difficult conclusion that change is necessary" after a poor start to the season.
Manchester United, one of the giants of European football at the end of the last and during the first decade and a half of this century, has been experiencing a crisis in recent years, which has reached new depths this season: in the first ten rounds of the English Premier League, the club has won only one match and is now in the relegation zone.
According to BBC sports correspondent Simon Stone from Manchester, Michael Carrick arrived at the club's base in the morning and left soon after.
In a statement announcing his dismissal, the club promises to find a new permanent coach as soon as possible.
According to press reports, Carrick will be replaced by Argentinean Mauricio Pochettino, who is currently coaching the US national team. He has already worked in the Premier League: last decade and this decade he headed Tottenham and then Chelsea.
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