Man Utd interim head coach Michael Carrick has made a huge impact since his appointment in January.
Binnion (far left) stepped up to work with the first team.
Manchester United have not held discussions with Adam Lawrence over staying at the club beyond this season. In January, Lawrence returned to United to manage the Under-21s for the remainder of the campaign.
Travis Binnion was formerly United’s U21 manager, but he stepped up to the first team to help Darren Fletcher during his caretaker stint and was subsequently appointed to Michael Carrick’s backroom staff.
The reshuffle created a vacancy with the U21s. Lawrence was formerly United Under-18 manager but stepped away from the role last summer before spending four months managing Newcastle’s U21s.
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The Manchester Evening News reported earlier in January that Lawrence’s return was being considered. Positive discussions took place, and the appointment was seen as mutually beneficial for both parties. United announced Lawrence would manage the U21s as interim for the remainder of the campaign.
However, the expectation is that Lawrence will continue in the role, provided Carrick is named as permanent first-team head coach, which would mean Binnion continues as part of his backroom staff. With seven games remaining in the Premier League, United have not made a decision on Carrick’s future.
The Manchester Evening News spoke to Lawrence and asked him about his future. “I think, in all honesty, it sounds safe answering in this way, but I’ve not really thought longer than the end of this current season. So obviously, when I came back in, I think it was the end of January,” he said.
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“I think we’re a couple of months into that, and then we still have a few more months left between now and the end of the season. So I knew coming in that it was until the end of the season, and then to see what happens. And I’ve not put too much time and energy into that, to be honest.”
Asked whether there had been conversations about staying on, he said: “I just think it’s too early anyway. I wouldn’t expect that to be in terms of like, I think at the moment, everyone is just really concentrated on between the first team and the academy programme.
“What we’ve got coming up within the next couple of months, and things will just happen organically over time. It’s like my job is to put the energy into the players, the energy into the group, keep supporting the players, the staff working together to try and maximise these two, three months of the season.”
United rate Lawrence highly, and he is understood to still live in Manchester with his family. Lawrence was appointed as United’s Under-16 coach in January 2021 before being promoted to head of player development for the Under-13 to Under-16 age groups. He was subsequently appointed as Under-18 boss in 2023.
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