MICHAEL CARRICK has landed a new role just days after being sacked by Middlesbrough.
The former Manchester United star was fired after guiding Boro to 10th place last season.
He lasted two-and-a-half years at Middlesbrough, his first managerial job, but is now out of work.
However Carrick has now taken on a new job with the former midfielder set to appear at Soccer Aid.
Carrick, 43, has been announced as the latest player to sign up to the charity event alongside his former United team-mate, John O’Shea.
But this time around they will be on opposing teams at Old Trafford, with Carrick playing for England and O’Shea representing the Rest of the World.
Soccer Aid takes place on Sunday June 15 and will feature A-list celebrities and football legends.
Pop stars Louis Tomlinson and Tom Grennan will line up alongside sports people like Tyson Fury, Sir Mo Farah and former hockey star Sam Quek.
While former footballers include Wayne Rooney and Jill Scott.
However Sam Thompson has revealed his Soccer Aid appearance is hanging in the balance as he continues to recover from his gruelling charity run.
The I’m A Celeb king, 34, raised more than £1.5m for Unicef by running and biking 260 miles from Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, to Old Trafford, Manchester, where the game will be played at the weekend.
His body is now feeling the effects, with Thompson saying: “I am so tired but elated. I’m so glad we got it done…
“Never again [am I getting on a bike] I think I’m prone to saddle issues! After day one I still to this point can’t feel bits of my privates. I’m being deadly serious!
“The bike is a wild thing, Tracey who was with me going up these hills when we were skirting round the edge of Wales, that was mad and you’re just going so slowly and you feel like your bike is going to topple over! I did think to myself this is the first time I’ve ridden a bike in so long.”
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