Michael Carrick has made an impressive start as Manchester United's interim manager and Paul Scholes has tipped him to replace Thomas Frank at Tottenham
Paul Scholes has claimed he can see Michael Carrick getting the Tottenham Hotspur job at the end of the season when his interim spell at Manchester United comes to an end.
Carrick, who played 75 times for Spurs, returned to Old Trafford earlier this month on a deal running until the end of the season after Ruben Amorim was sacked. He has made an immediate impression in his new role, beating Manchester City and Arsenal.
United's remarkable transformation in both displays and outcomes under Carrick has already sparked speculation that he might emerge as a serious candidate for the head coach role on a permanent basis.
However, Scholes suspects United will remain "scarred" by their earlier decision to hand Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the position permanently following an outstanding caretaker period and it could lead to Carrick moving to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
"It could be like a Tottenham manager from this [for Carrick]. It wouldn't surprise me," he said on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast.
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He added: "He's come into the job now and it's been that bad for a year that it couldn't really get any worse so the pressure isn't really on you while you're interim manager. Once you take that job full-time, at the start of the season next year, let's say, all of a sudden you've got to be winning games straightaway.
"They will be scarred a little bit from the Ole [Gunnar Solksjaer] thing. If the Ole thing hadn't have happened then it would probably be more likely.
"But if Michael has got to go up against, say, Thomas Tuchel in the summer then there's only one winner if you're looking at coaching big clubs and winning big prizes so you can't really compete with that."
Pressure remains on Thomas Frank after Saturday's frustrating 2-2 draw at Burnley. A late Cristian Romero goal rescued a point for Spurs, but Frank and his players were greeted with jeers by the away end as Spurs fans made their stance clear.
A chorus of boos rang out from the travelling support, along with chants of "We want Frank out", clearly nailing their colours to the mast on the managerial situation. Former Spurs midfielder Jamie O'Hara has claimed the club should turn to Harry Redknapp as interim manager.
Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: "Look, Harry’s been out of the game for a while, but he still watches football. He's got an affiliation to the football club, a love there. The fans loved him. I would take Harry Redknapp, I would. For an interim manager until the end of the season.
"Give him some backroom staff, people that can coach, take the sessions for him, he manages the team. He’s been my manager, Harry Redknapp. He'll get his arm around you, he'll give you some confidence and he'll say, 'Go and play and express yourselves.'
"And I think that's what the players need. I don't know if Thomas Frank has just got these players with the handbrake on. I think Harry Redknapp would take the handbrake off these players and say, 'Go and enjoy your football.'"