Michael Carrick believes Manchester United can, in time, rediscover the level of success associated with Sir Alex Ferguson, though he stressed that such a return cannot be rushed.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the 40th anniversary of Ferguson\u2019s appointment at Old Trafford, Carrick said the club\u2019s recent history and longer-term aims demand patience and realism. He underlined that progress has to be constructed step by step, not delivered instantly.<\/p>\n
\u201cit\u2019s not impossible\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not impossible, anything is possible,\u201d Carrick said on Friday. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to build, you got to be realistic, you got to put things in perspective as well. The recent history that we have and where we want to get to, it\u2019s not going to happen in a blink of an eye, it\u2019s not going to happen overnight.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuccess does take time and we don\u2019t like having to spend time, but it does take a period of time to build. We showed a really quick response and improved a lot last season. It shows what is possible, but again, sustaining it is the key, consistency is the key. There\u2019s no other way of doing it, there\u2019s no shortcuts to it, and in the end, thats where you get to. But it\u2019s definitely possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carrick also noted how hard it is to achieve lasting success, saying the challenge is as real now as it was in Ferguson\u2019s era. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to bring success. It was difficult then, and it\u2019s difficult now. It just shows you how tough it is to have sustained success, never mind moments of success. We\u2019ve got to live in the moment. We know what we\u2019ve got to do, and we\u2019ve got to be focused on bringing success week to week in games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen things fall into place. If you do that enough, and do it often enough, you\u2019ll bring a bigger version of it [success].\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferguson arrived in the red side of Manchester on Nov. 6, 1986, and went on to define an era. He ended United\u2019s 26-year wait for a league title in 1992\u201393, then added 13 Premier League titles before retiring after the 2012\u201313 season. His 528 Premier League wins remain a record.<\/p>\n
Under Ferguson, United also completed the treble in 1998\u201399 and finished with 38 trophies in total. Carrick, who said he is now closer to Ferguson than he was as a player, described his influence as \u201cimmense.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also acknowledged that the modern game does not allow many managers the time Ferguson was given. \u201cThe game has certainly changed, no doubt,\u201d Carrick said. \u201cIt always does. It evolves, and it had evolved by the stage probably after Sir Martin and in the years after that to then Sir Alex. It evolves all the time, that\u2019s how it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt changes, and we\u2019ve got to deal with what’s in front of us. There\u2019s always different things to compare, but we have to live in the present as well and definitely use past experiences to help us. Time and patience, but we\u2019re all desperate to win football matches and win them as quickly as we possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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