Let’s be honest about it now he’s retiring; Michael Carrick was an alright footballer.
In his prime, he was good enough to play for Manchester United in that deep-lying central midfield role, but he’s always been one of their lesser players. He has never been a star and was certainly NOT underrated.
In fact, so many people bang on about how “underrated” Michael Carrick supposedly was that he’s actually now actually become massively overrated.
I’m not sure who first perpetuated the myth that Carrick has been some sort of secret ‘English Xavi’ for the past decade, but he’s retiring now, so can we finally let it die and just tell the truth about him?