Manchester United interim manager Darren Fletcher has twin sons who play for various international teams. The Scottish player is set to oversee tonight’s Premier League clash between United and Burnley. In recent games, one or both of his sons were on the substitute bench. Jack made his Premier League debut in the defeat to Aston Villa last month and has since played 45 minutes each against Newcastle and Wolves.
The Fletcher twins joined United from Manchester City’s youth set-up in 2023. The pair arrived at Old Trafford from the Etihad for a modest transfer fee of £1.25 million, where they continued to develop through the age groups. Darren is a former Scotland international with 81 senior caps, while Tyler has joined Scotland’s youth system. But in contrast, Jack chose to play for England.
The twins, who were born in England while their father played under Sir Alex Ferguson at United, were eligible to play for both England and Scotland. Notably, Ferguson’s side were scheduled to play a game on the day the twins arrived, but Darren was sidelined due to an ankle ligament problem.
Asked if he would include his sons in the matchday squad for the game against Burnley, Fletcher said: “Well, that would be disclosing team information before the game and I’m not giving anything away by doing that.”
“Look, for me, they were in the training group on Monday because that was already arranged before I got there. They joined the squad recently, but we’ve got a few players back from injury, so we’ll assess that tomorrow.”
“We still have to evaluate a few players tomorrow because of the short time we have left the match. So they are in the fringe squad, but it remains to be seen whether they will be in the squad for the match. That remains to be seen.”
