Michael Carrick spent just over three hours at Manchester United training facilities while club leaders conducted separate urgent meetings regarding doubts about his future.
Carrick departed from Carrington at 5pm after arriving right before the Under-21 team started a 2pm friendly match against Hull City behind closed doors.
United director of football Jason Wilcox and CEO Omar Berrada held their latest crisis summit yards away from Carrick and his coaching staff on the touchline.
Carrick was spotted driving away from Carrington alongside his son Jacey roughly 45 minutes after the friendly concluded and Wilcox left.
Jacey signed terms as a scholar during the summer and is expected to play regularly for Darren Fletcher's Under-18 squad this season.
Serious doubts surround Carrick's position because United suffered their sixth loss in 13 matches following a 3-0 defeat against Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday.
That loss stretched the winless run to eight games for Carrick's squad, who have secured only two victories all season.
United sit in 16th place within the Premier League standings, sitting one point above the relegation zone.
Should Carrick depart, former Newcastle manager Eddie Howe remains the preferred choice for Wilcox.
Julian Nagelsmann, the former Germany and Bayern Munich boss, holds strong backing from Christopher Vivell, United head of recruitment, who is thought to have contacted his fellow German.
Meanwhile, club legend Gary Neville has supported Carlo Ancelotti or Mauricio Pochettino to assume control.
Difficulties continue for United as they get ready to play fifth-placed Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
