Man Utd manager job not in Fletcher’s ‘wildest dreams’

Darren Fletcher will take charge of his first game as Manchester United interim coach against Burnley on Wednesday.Published On 6 Jan 2026Manchester United interim boss Darren Fletcher has said that leading the club was beyond his “wildest dreams” but insisted he has not considered replacing the sacked Ruben Amorim.The Portuguese manager was axed on Monday after a turbulent 14 months at Old Trafford, with former United midfielder Fletcher put in temporary charge.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Real Madrid’s Mbappe out of Spanish Super Cup derby with Atleticolist 2 of 4‘Great fitness’: Sabalenka says ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match paid offlist 3 of 4NBA: Durant’s 3-pointer in final seconds helps Rockets beat the Sunslist 4 of 4Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast amid growing tensions with Indiaend of listThe under-18s coach faced the press for the first time on the eve of his team’s match at Burnley.“It’s surreal,” said Fletcher, who made 342 appearances for the Red Devils and has worked in a variety of different roles for them since 2020, including as technical director.“It’s an amazing honour to be able to lead a Manchester United team,” he said. “I don’t even think it was in my wildest dreams that that was something that could potentially happen, even thinking about playing for the club and stuff like that.“But to lead out the team is an amazing honour and something I am really proud to do.“It’s not [happened] in the circumstances that I expected it to happen, so that obviously is something that doesn’t sit quite easy with me, but I just have to think I’ve got a job to do and I’ve got to lead the team tomorrow and think of the great honour and pride in doing that.”The former Scotland international is expected to remain in place until the club appoints a caretaker boss, with United planning to name Amorim’s permanent successor at the end of the season.The BBC reported that the club had held preliminary talks with Fletcher, Michael Carrick and former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, all ex-United players, about the position of caretaker.