Man Utd legends Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney could be ‘two old men’ on the touchline TWICE this weekend
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Sponsored by. MICHAEL CARRICK could find himself side-by-side on the touchline with old Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney TWICE this weekend. But the two Champions League-winning legends will NOT be talking until after the full-time whistle goes in Plymouth’s clash with Middlesbrough.
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Boro boss Carrick takes his promotion-chasing Boro on the 750-mile round trip looking to pile even more pressure on Rooney’s struggling Pilgrims. The two actually went head-to-head in the latter’s first game in charge of his ill-fated stint at Birmingham last season.
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And Carrick insists friendship goes out the window for 90 minutes as he looks to record another win over his ex-Old Trafford and England friend after that 1-0 triumph. He said: “It’ll be nice to see him, but I see him quite a bit actually and speak to him.
“Last season, with it being the first time, probably took a little bit of getting used to standing on the sideline together but we’ve kind of moved on from that novelty stage. “We are both there to do a job and we know that it’s a tough place to go.
“There’s massive respect, we’ve come through a lot together and are friends, but it is what it is.”. When asked if there had been any contact this week, Carrick revealed that they actually spend a lot more time together next to the pitch than most people realised.
