Gary Neville tells Michael Carrick to stop using Leny Yoro as right-back
Gary Neville urged Manchester United manager Michael Carrick to stop deploying defender Leny Yoro as a right-back after the club’s Premier League draw at Everton last weekend. Speaking on The Overlap, Neville said, "I don’t think Yoro understands right-back, which is fine, a lot of centre-backs don’t," and added, "But we have got to stop bringing him on there and thinking he is a right-back." He suggested Carrick may be viewing the 20-year-old Frenchman as a more defensive right-back option.
The criticism follows Carrick’s decision to start Yoro out of position in the Everton match, which ended in a draw. Neville, a former United captain, argued that Yoro’s natural role is in central defence and that persistently using him on the right flank could hinder both the player’s development and the team’s tactical balance.
For United fans, the debate highlights ongoing questions about squad depth and tactical flexibility under Carrick’s early tenure. It also raises the issue of whether Yoro should be loaned out or given more minutes in his preferred central defence spot to accelerate his growth.
Will Carrick adjust his tactics and give Yoro a central defence run, or continue to experiment with him as a right-back option?