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HOLD ON PADDY! Carrick pens new Man Utd deal…apparently

Michael Carrick has signed a new contract with Manchester United but the club is yet to announce it.

That is the opinion of club legend Paddy Crerand who let it slip on his own show that the veteran midfielder had penned a new one-year deal.

Carrick's current contract is set to expire this summer but according to Crerand, the 34-year-old has put pen to paper on an extension.

“You know something as well which happened today that nobody has mentioned? And I'm delighted he has signed another contract: Michael Carrick," said the 77-year-old on 'The Paddy Crerand Show'.

“He's signed a contract for another year hasn't he?"

MUTV presenter Mark Sullivan cut a rather bemused figure after Crerand's comment before quickly suggesting that: “Well, we've not had an official word on that yet, so…"

Check out a clip of Crerand's slip below:

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