'Familiar face' Jonny Evans back at Manchester United as interim head coach Darren Fletcher turns to Northern Ireland legend

Fletcher says it is beyond his wildest dreams to be leading Manchester United but insists he has not given any thought to replacing Ruben Amorim moving forward.

It has been a whirlwind few days at Old Trafford, where the Portuguese's heated meeting with director of football Jason Wilcox on Friday triggered a series of events that ended up with Monday's sacking.

Under-18s boss Fletcher has been temporarily parachuted into the United hotseat and will take charge of his first senior game on Wednesday.

He confirmed Evans - who made 241 appearances for United and won 107 caps with Northern Ireland – as part of his backroom team. Evans recently left a role as the club's loans manager.

Fletcher called Evans “somebody who has a great association with the club, recently played, knows the players, is comfortable in the environment and a familiar face for the group and the players as well”.

"It's surreal," said the interim boss, who made 342 appearances for the Red Devils and has worked in a variety of different roles for them since 2020. "It's an amazing honour to be able to lead a Manchester United team.

"I don't even think it's in my wildest dreams that that was something that could potentially happen.

"I think even thinking about playing for the club and stuff like that, but to lead out a team is an amazing honour, and something I'm really proud to do.

"Not in the circumstances I expected it to happen, so that obviously is something that doesn't sit quite easy with me.

"But 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."

Fletcher is expected to remain in charge for Sunday's FA Cup third-round tie against Brighton as United consider their options.

Asked if he was interested in the job beyond this interim spell, Fletcher said: "Honestly, it's not something I've thought about...I’m focusing on Burnley.”