Michael Carrick Rumors & News

The Busby Babe continues with the fifteenth installment of our 2012-13 Manchester United player reviews. Next up is midfielder Michael Carrick. * Manchester United 2012-13 season review I'm going to be dividing each of the player reviews into three categories: 'what was expected' will be a brief and general explanation of what the expectations were for the player prior to the season's start, 'what we got' will typically be the section with the most depth as this will be the heart of the review, and 'what's next?' will be an examination of the player's future at United. What was expecte...

In any title-winning campaign, there will be numerous key players that were major contributors to the success. Manchester United were no exception from this -- this is perhaps evident in the likes of David de Gea, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, and Robin van Persie all being named in the PFA team of the year. One could also make the argument that Rafael should have been involved too. In this title-winning campaign -- incredibly Sir Alex Ferguson's 13th in 26+ seasons -- there were two clear invaluable players: Carrick and van Persie. The choice for the club's player of the year clearl...

Sportsmail's interviewed Manchester United and England midfielder Michael Carrick and discovered his aim to emulate Bobby Moore and Pele with World Cup glory.

The PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year shortlists are out, and Robin Van Persie, Michael Carrick and Danny Welbeck have been nominated. The former two are just about older than the cut-off of 23 for the junior award, while Danny-boy will be hassling and harrying his way through the kiddies section. The full list is as follows... PFA Player of the Year Gareth Bale, Michael Carrick, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Luis Suárez and Robin van Persie PFA Young Player of the Year Gareth Bale, Christian Benteke, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Danny Welbeck, Jack Wilshere Apologies to ...

Bookies' favourites Gareth Bale heads nominations, with Robin van Persie, Juan Mata and Eden Hazard also named on PFA list.    

Michael Carrick is one of the six stars on the shortlist for the prestigious Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award.

KO: 8:00pm BST, 3:00pm EST | Old Trafford LIVE TV: Sky Sports 1 (U.K.), ESPN (U.S.) WEATHER: Manchester, England PREVIEW: The Busby Babe REFEREE: Mike Dean ODDS: Manchester United 13/10, Draw 13/5, Manchester City 5/2 United starting XI (4-4-1-1): David de Gea | Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Phil Jones, Patrice Evra | Danny Welbeck, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Ashley Young| Wayne Rooney | Robin van Persie United bench: Anders Lindegaard, Alexander Buttner, Tom Cleverley, Nani, Antonio Valencia, Shinji Kagawa, Javier Hernandez (Chicharito) City starting XI (4-2-3-1): Joe Hart | Pablo Zabaleta...

England's lead could have been preserved if Roy Hodgson had made earlier substitutions, but at least Michael Carrick impressed.