{"id":409393,"date":"2018-03-13T09:28:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T09:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=409393"},"modified":"2018-03-13T09:28:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T09:28:48","slug":"united-midfielder-michael-carrick-retire-end-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/united-midfielder-michael-carrick-retire-end-season\/","title":{"rendered":"United midfielder Michael Carrick to retire at end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has announced he will retire at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick, 36, has played 463 times for United since joining from Tottenham for \u00a318m in 2006 and won 34 England caps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There comes a time when your body tells you it is time to stop. That is where I am at,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick added it was &#8220;looking likely&#8221; that he will take up the club&#8217;s offer of a first-team coaching role at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>In January, manager Jose Mourinho\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/42753704\">said<\/a>\u00a0he would be &#8220;very happy&#8221; if Carrick decided to stay at the club in a non-playing capacity.<\/p>\n<p>He has been restricted to only four appearances this season because of an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/42118376\">irregular heart rhythm.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carrick said: &#8220;After the heart issue, I had two or three days thinking &#8216;am I going to carry on?&#8217; I got back fit and wanted to finish on my own terms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I need to keep myself fit and ready. Hopefully I can get some game time and I am still enjoying training. I am trying to help a lot more because I understand where I am at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carrick joined West Ham as a youth player and made more than 150 appearances for the Hammers before moving to Spurs in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>After two seasons at White Hart Lane, he secured a move to Old Trafford, where he went on to win five Premier League titles and the Champions League and became club captain following Wayne Rooney&#8217;s departure to Everton in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>He also lost two Champions League finals to Barcelona in 2009 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Last season&#8217;s Europa League triumph completed Carrick&#8217;s sweep of domestic and European club trophies.<\/p>\n<p>In his 12 years at United, he has scored 24 goals and was given a testimonial by the club last June.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his success at club level, Carrick made just one appearance at a major tournament for England.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Michael Carrick's trophies\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-409394\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Michael-Carrick-stats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Michael-Carrick-stats.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Michael-Carrick-stats-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has announced he will retire at the end of the season. 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