Michael Carrick confirms he is happy at United

Michael Carrick has reaffirmed his loyalty to Manchester United and his desire to continuing playing under his manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Despite several recent rumours linking Carrick with a return back to his previous club Tottenham Hotspur, Carrick has confirmed that he is happy at the club he is at:

‘You never know in football, but I see no reason to leave at all’, Carrick told the Daily Mail newspaper ‘I am delighted to be here. It is as high as you can get.’

Carrick’s words echo the belief amongst many United fans that playing for this club is as high as it can get for a footballer. Real Madrid and Barcelona fans may disagree, but it does seem to be true that often when United players leave United their careers go downhill because of a loss of form, or they go to smaller clubs with far less chance of winning trophies. A long career at United guarantees trophies - a mere glance at the extensive trophy hauls of United veterans Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes would confirm this – and the club is virtually always in a title race and progressing well in the biggest competitions in Europe.

Carrick has no reason to even contemplate moving. Why should he leave when in the three years since his move from Spurs in 2006 he has won the Premier League title three times in a row, won the Champions League and got to another Champions League final and also played in an FA Cup final and won the Carling Cup? This is a phenomenal amount of success in a mere three seasons, and it would be highly unlikely that any other club than United would provide a footballer with the same amount of chances to win the top medals in such a short period of time.

No disrespect to Tottenham Hotspur, but moving there would be a step down when Carrick has played in two Champions League finals in succession and won the league three times in a row in Manchester. He is also able to play under Sir Alex, probably the greatest football manager of all time, here at United and who better than the United manager to help develop and maintain the skills needed for a footballer to really make a name for themselves?

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