Gary Neville thought Carrick's wave meant goodbye

Sky Sports News' fast-starting interview captures Neville's surprise at United keeping Carrick, after Sunday's scenes looked like a farewell to him.

Channel: Sky Sports News Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 216,303 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (18,398).

“I’m surprised, but I’m happy!” | Gary Neville reacts to Carrick staying at Man Utd

Carrick is staying. Gary Neville had been convinced that the Manchester United head coach's solitary walk toward the fans on Sunday meant his time was up.

Asked about Michael Carrick remaining in charge for Saturday, Neville describes the players trailing behind their manager as he waved to supporters. To Neville, it looked apologetic, almost a farewell.

"I'm happy, I'm surprised, but I'm happy because I was absolutely certain that what I witnessed on Sunday would be the end of Michael," he says.

The Sky Sports News Short passed roughly 128,000 views in ten hours, an unusually fast start for the channel's short-form interviews. Its comment section was already several times busier than a typical full first day. Viewers are debating how much responsibility belongs to the players, while some question whether pundits scrutinize Carrick as closely as other United managers.

Neville and Carrick were United teammates, but Neville offers no confident prediction about what comes next. His immediate hope is that Carrick can get a response from the squad: "I hope he can get somehow those players to start playing for him again because they haven't played for him in the last few weeks."

The channel's separate explanation of United's decision, featuring Kaveh Solhekol and Rob Dorsett, is also drawing an unusually large audience. That discussion puts the emphasis on a message to the players, the same group Neville wants to see respond.

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The numbers

Neville's reaction is drawing views well beyond the channel's usual Shorts start, with comments also arriving unusually quickly.

the video's first day

usual first day here

18,398

this video

216,303

subscribers

1,950,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,255,557,726

views per day

2,082,685

typical day: 883,806

the video

views

128,447

likes

1,312

comments

195

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

The United Stand

2,310,000

talkSPORT

1,970,000

Sky Sports News

1,950,000

AFTV

1,840,000

Tifo Football by The Athl…

1,820,000

The Overlap

1,800,000

As of October 28, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.