The recent football player and manager of Manchester United, Michael Carrick, could soon get a new coaching appointment, this time on the bench of Middlesbrough.
He is one of the candidates to succeed Chris Wilder, who was fired on Monday after a series of poor results.
Carrick has been without a job since the end of last year when he was acting manager for three games after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired from Manchester United.
The Middlesbrough board now wants a young, ambitious specialist to work alongside director of football Kieran Scott.
In addition to independent work at United, the former midfielder gained coaching experience with the professional staff of Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho.
