Darren Fletcher Rumors & News

Manchester United turn their attention back to the Premier League when they face Queens Park Rangers on Saturday in London at Loftus Road. During the reverse fixture in November at Old Trafford, Jamie Mackie put Rangers ahead early in the second-half before United roared back with goals from Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, and Javier Hernandez (Chicharito). MANCHESTER UNITED Form Guide: United currently sit top of the league table with 65 points from 26 matches. This is 12 points clear of nearest title-contending rival Manchester City. Sir Alex Ferguson's side are on a fine run of result...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson just held his weekly press conference and the main piece of team news is that his entire squad is nearly fit. There is Darren Fletcher, of course, out for the remainder of the season due to illness but the gaffer indicated that all of his players on international duty during the midweek pretty much came back unscathed. He's yet, though, to hear from Javier Hernandez (Chicharito) as the striker is still on his way back to Manchester from Mexico. (MUFC international round-up) The main fitness concerns as of late have been Ashley Young and Phil ...

Sir Alex Ferguson just held his weekly press conference ahead of this weekend's Premier League tie with Fulham and during it, he revealed that Ashley Young is the only player unavailable for selection. That, of course, doesn't include Darren Fletcher being out for the season due to illness*. The gaffer also indicated that Rio Ferdinand will start against the Cottagers and that Jonny Evans will return to training today: * If Fletch does return in the summer, it'll be as a holding-midfielder according to Ferguson. "We're quite healthy in terms of the players available. Ashley Young's th...

First and foremost, the main priority for Darren Fletcher is for him to recover from surgery and hope that it helps him resolve his debilitating ulcerative colitis rather than just relieve symptoms. By all accounts, the Scotland captain is a decent person and it's unfortunate that he's been forced to endure so much physical discomfort these past few years because of his chronic condition. His manager is one of those who are quite fond of him -- here are some comments from Sir Alex Ferguson's Southampton matchday programme notes: "It hasn’t been an easy journey for him, but he has show...