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BBC Football looks beyond Carrick in Manchester United decline documentary

Sam Harris, Simon Stone and Dan Roan examine ownership, recruitment and the repeated cost of starting again.

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Carrick Sacked: Inside Manchester United’s Long Decline

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1:43The film traces United's debt burden to the Glazer family's leveraged takeover in 2005.
5:55INEOS's operational control brings changes to staffing, ticket prices and the football hierarchy.
12:35High revenue sits alongside debt, compensation for dismissed staff and stadium expenditure.
14:20A proposed new stadium adds another major financial commitment to the discussion.
15:44Recruitment across successive managers comes under scrutiny, including Jason Wilcox's role.
20:00Roan argues that repeated managerial changes have not resolved United's structural problems.

Changing managers hasn't worked. That is Dan Roan's central observation near the end of BBC Football's most-watched new upload, a documentary that uses Michael Carrick's dismissal to ask a much longer-running Manchester United question.

In "Carrick Sacked: Inside Manchester United's Long Decline", Sam Harris joins Roan and United reporter Simon Stone to trace the club's troubles through ownership, debt, recruitment and managerial turnover. Archive appearances from José Mourinho and Ralf Rangnick establish how familiar the warnings have become. By the time Ruben Amorim says he came to be the manager rather than the coach, the distinction between running training and having authority over the team feels central to the story.

The film has reached roughly 65,000 views and is also the channel's busiest upload for daily viewing. A separate look at the games that shaped Carrick's reign adds a more tightly focused companion piece. In the documentary's comments, viewers return to Mourinho's old assessment and debate whether another coaching appointment can address decisions made above the dugout.

There was lighter material among the week's 15 uploads, too: a Wayne Rooney clip tagged to I'm a Celebrity, an unexpected visitor for an FA Cup commentary team, and a collection of first-round goals. Match of the Day analysis turned to Igor Thiago's red card and Brian Brobbey's role in Sunderland's win over Chelsea.

Across the channel, weekly views topped two million and subscribers continued to grow, while daily viewing stayed close to its usual level. Nearby in size, Open Goal and Forever United TV are enjoying busier-than-usual viewing days. For BBC Football, though, the strongest new draw is the longer examination of why United keep finding themselves back at the same question.

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