​Embattled Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel on Tuesday won’t deny that he has had conversations about a possible buyout. But he reiterated that he remains on the job and proud of what he’s accomplished.Manuel appeared on Michigan insider Sam Webb’s radio show on WTKZ 1050-AM on Tuesday morning in a long-scheduled interview. The interview came a day after several published reports said his job was in danger.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Don’t believe everything that’s out there in the world about what people say,” Manuel told Webb. “I don’t know what the future holds. I don’t know … what’s going to happen. I know what today is, I know what tomorrow’s going to be.”I could happen. I don’t know. I don’t know what the future is going to be.”Manuel, 58, a former Michigan football player, has been Michigan’s athletic director since 2016.His athletic department has been investigated by Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block, who were originally hired to investigate fired football coach Sherrone Moore’s relationship with staffer Paige Shiver. The university authorized the attorneys to expand their investigation to look at the “culture” of the entire athletic department.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThere were multiple national media reports Monday, citing anonymous sources, that said Manuel could be on his way, amid the report’s finding.Manuel was asked by The News on Monday if he was staying as AD. He said, “Yes, I am.””I wish we got to a point in this society where people would actually put their names to things,” Manuel told Webb during Tuesday’s interview on WTKA. “I did yesterday.”I’m not going to run and hide.”I love this place.”Under Manuel, Michigan has won multiple national championships, including in football in 2023 and men’s basketball in 2026. But there have been scandals, too, including the elaborate sign-stealing scheme orchestrated by football staffer Connor Stalions as well as Moore’s ouster and subsequent arrest, among many other issues with other programs, including men’s basketball and hockey.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementManuel told Webb he has had conversations Michigan president Domenico Grasso but said those conversations will “remain personal.” Manuel did say, “He’s very supportive of me, of athletics.””I’ve had several conversations over the last six or seven months about the future and things that have happened and different opportunities and different ways that things can go,” Manuel told Webb. “As it relates to where things are going to go, I’m not 100% certain yet.”Things are discussed along the way, but it’s not taken away from me doing my job and what I need to do to help us drive success. … How all those conversations come together … I can’t predict that.”If it happens, it happens.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn the interview with Webb, Manuel adamantly denied that Michigan athletics has a culture problem.”I do feel confident in things I have done here at Michigan,” Man