Current under-18s coach Darren Fletcher, a former United midfielder and technical director between 2021 and 2024, will take charge of the team against struggling Burnley on Wednesday. The BBC said the club were planning to appoint a caretaker boss for the rest of the season. And he made a string of eye-catching comments after Sunday’s draw at Elland Rd, where he stressed he was United’s manager rather than “just the coach”. He had the worst win ratio (32%), the worst goals-conceded-per-game ratio (1.53) and the lowest clean-sheet ratio (15%) of any United boss in the Premier League. His exit leaves the club searching for their seventh permanent manager since the retirement of Alex Ferguson, who left as a Premier League champion in 2013.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 05, 2026 19:28 UTC