Carrick sack follows Van Gaal, Hughes, Gullit farces in Premier League

Michael Carrick is not the first manager to be sacked in shambolic fashion. He's not even the first Man Utd manager to suffer such a fate… Manchester United can't do anything right.

Even on the rare occasion they make the correct decision, they completely f*** up how they go about it. Carrick turned up at Carrington to take training for the third consecutive day as United's lame-duck manager all the whilethe world knows Mauricio Pochettino will be along shortlyto take over.

News of United's intent to hire Pochettino broke on Monday night as journalists were briefed that the Red Devils' brains trust were minded to sack Carrick, but 'no decision had been taken yet'. For that, Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada had to fly to Monaco on Wednesday to discuss the matter with Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Which obviously could not have been done in a more prompt manner that did not involve a jolly-up in the south of France. Carrick is a big boy - he will know better than most how incompetent and devoid of basic decency the United board are.

Still, it remains an astonishing way to treat anyone, let alone a club legend and a fan favourite. But Carrick is hardly the first manager to be axed in such a manner.

He's not even the first United boss to be sacked shambolically… Here are five other Premier League managers who deserved more decency when being shown the door… Louis van Gaal (Manchester United) Van Gaal was officially sacked two days after winning the FA Cup with United in 2016. Butnews of the Red Devils' decision had leaked almost immediatelyafter the final whistle of the 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Wembley.

The first person to put Van Gaal in the picture was his wife. Truus van Gaal later said: "After the FA Cup final, Louis said, 'Well, we did it!' I said, 'Louis, they say you've been fired.

'Why did you have to spoil my party?" Van Gaal was told what the world already knew on the Monday after the final, with Jose Mourinho confirmed as his replacement by the end of the working week. "They told me only after it was leaked out, it was the biggest disappointment of my life," Van Gaal later told Algemeen Dagblad.

"The pressure was enormous with my head in the noose and they went right behind my back. I think it was all orchestrated like a film and it was done very much behind my back right from January."