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Interim head coach Darren 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 in Wednesday's Premier League trip to Burnley.

"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.

United boosted by recovering duo

United will be boosted at Burnley by the return of Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount having been without eight first-team players for Amorim's final two matches.

"I think Mason and Bruno were pushing to play against Leeds," Fletcher said.

"The decision was that they weren't quite ready, so they've trained, so they should be back in the squad.

"But they'll be on managed minutes because they've obviously just returned to training, so that's good news."