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Former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher is reportedly in talks to turn 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, by which his group 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 supplied the job by director of soccer Jason Wilcox and outgoing director of academy Nick Cox.
Whitwell notes, “Fletcher, 41, might have stayed as a first-team coach in Ruben Amorim’s employees however he’s anticipated to determine now’s the fitting time to tackle a lead coach position and help the membership in filling a key emptiness.”
“Beneath Amorim, Fletcher assisted on periods and supplied steerage to gamers and analysts, whereas on this proposed new position he would, for the primary time in his profession, plan and decide groups in an important age group in United’s academy, together with within the FA Youth Cup.”
Wilcox and Cox consider Fletcher is the fitting match for a delicate place that requires a mixture of skills, guiding gamers as they mature and edge nearer to the senior squad.
The report provides that Fletcher harbours ambitions of turning into a supervisor in the future and it is a essential step in the direction of reaching that objective.
The ex-Scotland worldwide might have taken on this position earlier, however along with his twin sons Jack and Tyler nonetheless within the youth groups, there have been comprehensible considerations about oversight.
Now that Tyler and Jack have progressed to the Beneath-21s, these considerations not apply.
Fletcher himself got here by way 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 Pink Devils win 5 Premier League titles, an FA Cup, League Cup, a Champions League title and the Membership World Cup.
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