Name the player you are most excited to see play under Darren Fletcher in his opening game in charge\u2026. <\/p>\n
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Darren Fletcher<\/a> took part in his first pre-match press conference as caretaker manager at the Carrington training complex<\/a> on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n The ex-United<\/a> and Scotland midfielder will lead the Red Devils side to Turf Moor for Wednesday evening\u2019s Premier League encounter with relegation-threatened Burnley.<\/p>\n Mason Mount<\/a> has been one of the several key United first-team<\/a> players who have been sidelined ahead of United axing Ruben Amorim<\/a> as the club\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018Immediately\u2019\u2026 The ready-made Ruben Amorim alternative that Michael Owen would appoint as interim Man Utd manager<\/a><\/p>\n Mason Mount made way at half-time in Manchester United\u2019s 1-0 win over Newcastle<\/a> in the Premier League match at Old Trafford<\/a> in December 2025.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old former Chelsea ace subsequently missed United\u2019s 1-1 draw against Wolves at Old Trafford<\/a> and 1-1 result against Leeds United at Elland Road.<\/p>\n Joining Mount on the sidelines has been none other than Bruno Fernandes<\/a>, who has missed United\u2019s last three Premier League matches under Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n Darren Fletcher drops a huge update for Man Utd duo Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <\/p>\n Will either Mason Mount OR Bruno Fernandes start for Man Utd in the Premier League clash at Turf Moor? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n Bruno Fernandes was forced off at half-time after a hamstring injury in United\u2019s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa<\/a> in the Premier League clash at Villa Park last month.<\/p>\n Speaking at his pre-match press conference for the Burnley match, Darren Fletcher suggested that both Fernandes and Mount will both return to the United squad.<\/p>\n \u201cMason and Bruno were pushing to play and they have trained and will be back in the squad,\u201d he said, as per the Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Gary Lineker argues there\u2019s something Man Utd should\u2019ve \u2018obviously\u2019 realised about Ruben Amorim from day one<\/a><\/p>\n Darren Fletcher\u2019s clear-cut approach to Man Utd duo Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes after returning from their injuries<\/p>\n Fletcher, who is believed to be a temporary caretaker appointment, has admitted that Mount and United captain<\/a> Bruno Fernandes will be eased back into action.<\/p>\n \u201cThey should be back in the squad, but they\u2019ll be on managed minutes as well, restricted minutes because obviously they\u2019ve just returned to training,\u201d he said, as per Ma<\/a>nchester United\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s good news, especially the fact that they\u2019ve been in good form. Mason Mount\u2019s form has been fantastic and we don\u2019t have to speak about Bruno.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s the captain, he\u2019s the leader of the team, so to have them available for selection is great news for me and for the players and for the club and for the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n Sixth-place United and 19th-place Burnley will meet in an 8:15pm Premier League kick-off time at Turf Moor on Wednesday in the UK.<\/p>\n Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United caretaker manager Darren Fletcher has provided the latest news on the likes of Mason Mount ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[13138,13139,19432,1084,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-392093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-bruno-fernandes","9":"tag-darren-fletcher","10":"tag-mason-mount","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Mason](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2252864974-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesDarren Fletcher speaks out on Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes ahead of Burnley vs Man Utd at Turf Moor<\/p>\n![\"Mason](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bruno-fernandes-man-utd-mason-mount-819x1024.png\")
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