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Michael Carrick has confessed he still has no clarity on his future at Manchester United as the club heads into the final seven matches of the campaign.
Brought in as a temporary manager to succeed Ruben Amorim in January, the relatively inexperienced Carrick was initially viewed as a short-term solution but rapidly won supporters over with an impressive turnaround—seven victories and two draws from 10 outings.
Several players have openly voiced their support for Carrick to take the role permanently, yet the former midfielder is in no hurry to seek answers.
"I understand the situation, and where we were at when we came back in January, the plan for the rest of the season and the possibilities in the summer," he told Sky Sports. "I don't think that's changed.
"Things will get sorted when they get sorted. For me it's just about doing the best job that we can and plan for the future and the good of the club and the players in the squad. I am not coming to get through to the end of the season and deal with what's next.
"I think it's important we make a plan and follow that through for the squad to get stronger. If I am part of it then I am part of it. If not, then that is the situation I walked into."
Carrick: I Want to Be First English Premier League Winner
Carrick is eager to look ahead rather than dwell on the recent difficulties that prompted United to reach out to him for assistance three months ago.
Having claimed five Premier League titles during his playing days at Old Trafford, Carrick expressed his desire to guide the club back to those storied heights. Achieving that feat would make him the first English manager to lift the Premier League trophy and the first to claim a top-flight title since Howard Wilkinson in 1992.
"I'd love that to be the case," he admitted. "At some point you'd like to think it would happen. For whatever reason it hasn't. Timing is important.
"We had a manager here for quite a period of time who was definitely not English but hugely successful. If it got to the stage and that was me, that would be amazing.
"That's got to be the goal at some point for this football club, to be back to winning league titles. It is where we want to be."