Michael Carrick says leading Manchester United is his "ultimate" role and has vowed to look after the long-term future of the club despite his interim status.
Carrick has had a stellar start since taking over from the sacked Ruben Amorim, prompting inevitable questions about him becoming the club's permanent boss in the future.
In a special episode of The Football Interview for BBC Sounds, Carrick sat down with BBC Sport presenter Mark Chapman and said: "I love what I am doing. I feel privileged to be in the position I am. I said when I came in, there's the sentimental side of understanding the club but I am here to do a job and to make a good team and be successful. I don't decide how long that is gong to be but I love being here and while I am, I'll give everything I can and plan for the long-term future and benefit of the club. That's how I believe it should be.
"I know what really matters to the football club and the people around it. I just think it is what should be done in my position."
In an interview which discussed punditry, managing Middlesbrough and his approach to young players, Carrick discussed the reintroduction of midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, who had been largely frozen out by Amorim.
He added: "I have known Kobbie a long time. I think I started working with him when he was 13 or 14, when I started my coaching badges.
"Knowing him and having experience with him, and seeing him perform at such a level on such big occasions - to be able to cope - what he's done at such a young age is quite incredible. We forget how young he still is.
"I was a big fan of watching him play and what he was capable of. So it wasn't really a big decision to play him. It's not easy when you've not played to find your rhythm and form - he's come in and done fantastic. I have not had to help him an awful lot.
"I think he has shown he can do a bit of everything. He has been wih Casemiro a lot. He takes the ball everywhere, Kobbie. There are things he can improve on. But we haven't really got started on any of that as we have let him find his flow of playing again. I have been really conscious of not giving him a lot. A few pointers, positional things, but trust in what he is, a fantastic footballer with huge talent."
While shaping the club's future and giving youth a chance point back to the Sir Alex Ferguson era, Carrick also spoke about not being able to live up to the famous Scot's hairdryer treatment when anger takes hold.
"I'm not sure I could replicate that and I wouldn't try to," he joked. "A couple of times I've seen it and it puts you on the back of your seat."
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