""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.""
Ruben Amorim was sacked after a turbulent 14-month spell at Manchester United. Darren Fletcher, a former United midfielder with 342 appearances who has held various club roles since 2020 including technical director and under-18s coach, has been appointed temporary manager. Fletcher described leading the team as surreal and an amazing honour and acknowledged the difficult circumstances of the appointment while focusing on preparing the team. The club expects Fletcher to remain until a caretaker is appointed, with a permanent successor planned at season's end. Preliminary talks involved Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Fletcher and Michael Carrick, with Solskjaer emerging as a leading contender.
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