Carrick relaxed as United prepare to announce Rangnick’s arrival

Michael Carrick believes Manchester United's players have the ability to adapt to any type of coach ahead of Ralf Rangnick's expected arrival at Old Trafford.

United have been in discussions with the 63-year-old German, whose appointment as interim manager until the end of the season could be confirmed over the weekend.

Reports last night claimed the Old Trafford club had agreed terms with Rangnick's current employers Lokomotiv Moscow to secure his release.

The former Hoffenheim, Schalke and RB Leipzig boss, pictured - nicknamed the 'Godfather of the Gegenpress' - is widely credited with having influenced the styles of, among others, Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel, whose Chelsea side United face at Stamford Bridge tomorrow.

United's press came under major scrutiny during the dismal run that saw Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lose his job last weekend, but caretaker boss

Carrick said the squad would be able to cope with any new system.

"I think you can get ideas across quite quickly," he said. "History shows that. Sometimes it's not just about ideas, it's just a different voice, a freshness, and history proves that for whatever reason. Sometimes it works really well, sometimes not so well.”