{"id":221179,"date":"2016-06-09T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=221179"},"modified":"2016-06-09T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:32:06","slug":"michael-carrick-agrees-new-manchester-united-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=221179","title":{"rendered":"Michael Carrick agrees new Manchester United contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has agreed a new one-year contract with the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old has been at Old Trafford since signing from Tottenham in July 2006 and made 42 appearances last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am delighted that this incredible journey is continuing. It&#8217;s great to have the opportunity to work under Jose Mourinho,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank the fans for their unwavering support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carrick&#8217;s previous deal &#8211; signed back in November 2013 &#8211; was set to expire at the end of this month and he had been approached by A-League side Perth Glory about a possible move to Australia.<i class=\"sp-story-body__external-link-icon gelicon gelicon--external\"><\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"sp-media-asset \">\n<div class=\"sp-media-asset__body media\">\n<div class=\"sp-media-asset__image gel-responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes sp-lazyloaded aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" sizes=\"606px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 240w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 320w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 480w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 624w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 800w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 976w\" alt=\"Michael Carrick\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 240w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 320w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 480w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 624w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 800w, http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1133\/production\/_89930440_carrick2.png 976w\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But manager Mourinho sees Carrick as a useful asset as he prepares for his his first season at United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael has a wealth of experience from his many years at the club and that knowledge will be invaluable to me,&#8221; said the Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really looking forward to working with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carrick shared the holding midfield role with Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger last season.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United had been linked with midfielder Renato Sanches before the 18-year-old completed a move to Bayern Munich in May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has agreed a new one-year contract with the club. The 34-year-old has been at Old Trafford since signing from Tottenham in July 2006 and made 42 appearances last season. &#8220;I am delighted that this incredible journey is continuing. It&#8217;s great to have the opportunity to work under Jose Mourinho,&#8221; he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":221183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}