Man Utd and Carrick put mid-season friendly plans on hold

Manchester United boss Michael Carrick appears to have rejected plans to take the squad to the Middle East for a lucrative mid-season friendly. Tentative talks followed comments from previous manager Ruben Amorim, who said: "We have to do it. And you know, we knew that when we missed out on Europe, we have a lot of things to do.

We have our fans, we have the budget, we have to to compensate for a lot of things. So we have to do it. We will do it. We want to be with our fans around the world. If you have to do it, you have to manage to find the space to do it." The plans have been put on the backburner as the club’s appetite for the fixture waned.

United had earmarked this week as an ideal slot that could have raised millions, and talks could reopen after the international break.

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