English Michael Carrick appointed head coach of Manchester United. This was reported by the Mancunian press service.

The agreement is valid until the end of the current season.

On January 5, the Portuguese resigned as head coach of Manchester United. Reuben Amorim. In the previous two matches the interim manager was the Scotsman Darren Fletcher. Under him the team drew with Burnley (2:2) in the English championship match and was eliminated from the FA Cup, losing to Brighton (1:2).

Carrick is 44 years old. He previously served twice as Manchester United’s interim head coach, in 2018 after leaving Jose Mourinho and in 2021 after his resignation Ole Gunnar Solskjaerwhere the specialist worked. From 2022 to 2025, Carrick was head coach of Middlesbrough.

As a Manchester United player, Carrick won the English championship five times, winning the Champions League, Europa League and Club World Cup.

After 21 rounds, Manchester United has scored 32 points and is in 7th place in the English championship table. In the next match on January 17, the team will host Manchester City.

Footballer of the Russian national team Dmitry Barinov he called the decision to leave Lokomotiv Moscow the most difficult of his life. He wrote about it on social networks.

On Tuesday CSKA announced the transfer of Barinov from Lokomotiv, the term of the contract expires until the end of the 2028/29 season.

“I will say without a doubt that this is the most difficult decision of my life,” Barinov noted. — I came to Lokomotiv at the age of 15, now I’m 29. During this time we won the championship, won cups and a super cup. I say a huge thank you to everyone who was there for me; to every coach and to all teammates, to the team and club staff, to everyone who has been on my path and in my life and, of course, the main and most important thing is thanks to the fans.”

“Already in December I informed the coaching staff and management of my decision and I understand that the negativity around me would affect the team in the second part of the season. This is not what I want to leave behind. In no case do I want to speak badly in this message about the previous management or other processes, nor mention the details of the ‘negotiations’. I would just like to wish the new management good luck, they have a long way to go,” he added.

Barinov graduated from Lokomotiv, for whose main team he played 274 matches in various tournaments, scoring 13 goals and 27 assists. As part of the club, the footballer won the Russian Cup three times (2017, 2019, 2021) and the championship once (2018) and the national Super Cup (2019).

The 17th round match of the German football championship between Hamburg and Bayer has been postponed due to weather conditions. This was reported by the Hamburg press service.

The meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday and start at 10.30 pm Moscow time.

“Work to remove snow and ice in and around the stadium has been going on around the clock since the middle of last week. Even after yesterday’s icy conditions, several companies ensured safe access and egress, as well as the removal of snow and ice from the roof supports and edges so that the match could take place. Due to the strong thaw, melt water accumulated under the snow on the roof membrane in several places inside the stadium, not being able to drain and creating significant concentrated loads, the design engineer called in to assess the situation considered this a safety hazard,” wrote the Hamburg press. service said in a statement.

A new date for the match will then be set.

Bayer scored 29 points and is in 5th place in the championship standings. Hamburg is in 13th place with 16 points.