Manchester United news: Michael Carrick set for new one-year Old Trafford deal
Carrick will be 35 by the start of the 2016-17 season in August and had been set to leave the club this summer
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Your support makes all the difference.Jose Mourinho is ready to sanction a one-year contract for Michael Carrick at Manchester United this week following confirmation of Marcus Rashford’s decision to sign a new four-year deal at Old Trafford.
Carrick, who will be 35 by the start of the 2016-17 season in August, had been set to leave the club this summer with previous manager Louis van Gaal failing to confirm a contract extension for the midfielder, whose current deal expires on June 30.
But with Mourinho replacing the sacked Van Gaal last week, the Portuguese is understood to be keen to retain the experience and versatility of Carrick, who made 42 first-team appearances for United in the season just ended.
The former England international has received offers from the United States and China, with Premier League clubs also interested in the player, who arrived at Old Trafford from Tottenham in an £18.6m transfer in July 2006.
But Carrick favours an extended stay at United, with the prospect of a 12-month contract extension also offering the potential of a testimonial game in 2017, and is due for talks with the club this week.
"I'm hopeful [of staying]," Carrick said. "There is no news as yet, but we'll have to wait and see what happens next week.”
United, meanwhile, have secured the services of England forward Rashford, 18, and emerging left-back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, 19, on contracts until 2020 -- both containing the option of a further year.
Rashford is expected to complete a remarkable rise from obscurity today (Tues) by being named in England’s Euro 2016 squad by Roy Hodgson, but United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has urged the club’s supporters to be patient with the teenager’s development.
"Marcus is a naturally talented footballer with great potential,” Woodward said. “He has taken his chances well and has integrated into the first team very quickly.
“I am delighted that he has signed a new contract, he is at the right club to continue his development.
“He is still very young and we need to be patient, but he is developing in the right way and we believe he has a great future ahead of him."
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