Goldbridge urges Manchester United to sack Wilcox

Mark Goldbridge has urged Manchester United to sack director of football Jason Wilcox rather than manager Michael Carrick, arguing the club should change its football structure after a difficult start to the season.

According to Goldbridge, the decision should address responsibility for the club's 2026 summer transfer window. Manchester United have taken six points from six Premier League matches and also lost to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Carabao Cup third round.

The club appointed Carrick as permanent first-team manager after he guided Manchester United to third place in the Premier League during an interim spell last season. Goldbridge made his comments while discussing the situation with former Manchester United players Wayne Rooney and Phil Bardsley.

"I am going a little bit out there because I don’t think either of you will go with this. I think the club could help Michael Carrick. I think we need a big change at the club, and I think that, as much as it’s horrible to sack someone, I would sack Jason Wilcox.

And the reason I would do is I think it would, I think the fans would react really well to this because I think the blame the board for the transfer window, which I disagree with you, Phil. I think it was absolutely crap." said Mark Goldbridge, YouTuber.

Goldbridge said Wilcox should be held accountable for recruitment decisions and believes a boardroom change could give Carrick more authority if the club wants to continue with him as manager.

"I think if you did that, it’s a bit like what Wayne was saying about, give Carrick a bit of authority. A lot of people feel like he is weak, he’s an interim. So, if you sack Wilcox, you are almost going, look, we made a lot of mistakes in the summer transfer window, Jason has got responsibility for that.

Santos isn’t being picked by Carrick, and a lot of people are questioning that, but you would put two and two together and go, clearly Carrick didn’t want Santos. It gives Michael a little bit of time, gives him a bit of authority, if that’s the plan that we want to stick with him. I don’t think Jason Wilcox has done a particularly good job, and we have sacked so many managers.

If we can be ruthless with managers, why can’t we be ruthless with the director of football who, quite honestly, has not done a good job for a couple of years. I think that if they continue down the road of what we are doing, I can’t see it getting any better, but if you make that change in the boardroom, it could be Berrada, I don’t think, it would be Berrada, could be Vivell, but make a change where the fans are intelligent enough to go, the club are acknowledging there’s something not right there. Could be a head of fitness, could be a head of fitness, because if you get rid of your head of fitness, people go, there’s a problem with the fitness.

But take the pressure off. If Carrick’s the guy that we are going to stick with for the next year or two, do something as a club to help him because I think we are terrible at that, I think we are really bad." said Mark Goldbridge, YouTuber.