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Former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher is reportedly in talks to develop into the brand new supervisor of the Beneath-18s facet.
The place has been vacant since final month, when United confirmed the departure of Adam Lawrence.
Lawrence left to hunt greener pastures elsewhere after an extremely profitable stint at United, wherein his staff received the treble in 2023/24. Of their announcement, United defined that the method to nominate a brand new Lead Coach was underway.
Now, The Athletic’s Laurie Whitwell has confirmed that Fletcher has been picked to succeed Lawrence and is presently in discussions with the membership over a brand new set of duties.
It’s understood Fletcher was provided the job by director of soccer Jason Wilcox and outgoing director of academy Nick Cox.
Whitwell notes, “Fletcher, 41, may have stayed as a first-team coach in Ruben Amorim’s employees however he’s anticipated to resolve now could be the proper time to tackle a lead coach function and assist the membership in filling a key emptiness.”
“Beneath Amorim, Fletcher assisted on periods and provided steering to gamers and analysts, whereas on this proposed new function he would, for the primary time in his profession, plan and choose groups in a vital age group in United’s academy, together with within the FA Youth Cup.”
Wilcox and Cox consider Fletcher is the proper match for a delicate place that requires a mixture of talents, guiding gamers as they mature and edge nearer to the senior squad.
The report provides that Fletcher harbours ambitions of turning into a supervisor at some point and it is a essential step in direction of attaining that objective.
The ex-Scotland worldwide may have taken on this function earlier, however along with his twin sons Jack and Tyler nonetheless within the youth groups, there have been comprehensible issues about oversight.
Now that Tyler and Jack have progressed to the Beneath-21s, these issues now not apply.
Fletcher himself got here by means of the ranks at United and went on to make 342 senior appearances for the membership, scoring 24 targets within the course of.
He helped the Crimson Devils win 5 Premier League titles, an FA Cup, League Cup, a Champions League title and the Membership World Cup.
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