Michael Carrick has revealed his desire to one day become a manager as he prepares to bring down the curtain on a glittering playing career and join Jose Mourinho’s coaching staff at Manchester United.

Carrick will make his last appearance for United in Sunday’s final Premier League game against Watford at Old Trafford before retiring.

The former England midfielder, 36, who joined United from Tottenham in 2006, will take on a role among Mourinho’s back-room staff this summer but admitted his ultimate aim is to become a manager in the future.

“If you said at this moment in time do you want to manage I’d probably say yes, I would yeah,” Carrick said. “It’s something I’m interested in, it’s something I’ve thought about in recent times but I’m not getting ahead of myself.

“I’ve had a decent career, I’ve been a decent player but coaching is a whole different ball game. I can take the experience that I’ve got but there’s so much more to it than that and I’d never take it for granted and just say I can jump into a new role and it will be easy and a breeze because I know it won’t be like that.”