Carrick has signed new Utd deal – Crerand
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has signed a new contract, former United midfielder Paddy Crerand said on the club’s official television channel.
Carrick has spent 10 seasons at Old Trafford and the contract extension he signed last in March last year is due to expire next month.
However, sources told ESPN FC last week that the 34-year-old was set to sign a news one-year deal and now Crerand, who made over 300 appearances for United between 1963 and 1971, appeared to let slip that the former Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United has now signed on for a season under new manager Jose Mourinho.
Speaking on MUTV, presenter and pundit Crerand said: “Something that happened today that nobody has mentioned, and I’m delighted that he has signed another contract: Michael Carrick. He’s signed a contract for another year.
“There was a situation where it looked as if his contract was up at the end of this year and that was it, but from what I’m gathering he’s there for another year.”
Carrick has claimed five Premier League titles during his time at United, and has also won the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup since signing from Tottenham for £18 million in 2006.
Mourinho has already tied down teenage striker Marcus Rashford and fellow academy graduate Cameron Borthwick-Jackson to new deals but the club are yet to formally announce a new contract for Carrick.
