‘He is a top manager’ – Guardiola reacts to Amorim sacking
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He said: “Surreal. As you say, it’s an amazing honour to be able to lead a Manchester United team. I don’t even think it was in my wildest dreams that it could potentially happen, even thinking about playing for the club and stuff like that. But to lead out the team is an amazing honour and something I am really proud to do.
“It’s not in the circumstances that I expected it to happen. It is something that doesn’t sit quite easy with me, but I just have to think of having a job to do, and I’ve got to lead the team tomorrow and think of the great honour and pride in doing that.”
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Defiant Amorim comes out fighting: ‘I am the manager, not the coach’
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After stepping up from a youth team role, Fletcher said he hoped to get the club back to the top of the table, a place where they were accustomed to being when he was playing during the Sir Alex Ferguson era.
The team has struggled to get anywhere close to that level of success since the Scot retired as manager more than a decade ago.
“My focus and energy at any time that I have been at the club is to always do the best for Manchester United, try to help the club, help the people I am working with, the players and staff, and try to help Manchester United be successful.” said Fletcher.
“Everyone expects Manchester United to be on top, to be winning; that is the standard. We all have to try to achieve that. I just do my best in whatever role I’m in to help make that happen.”
The former United midfielder said his energy and attention was focused on the game in hand, rather than looking to stake a claim for the role in the longer term.
“Honestly, it’s not something I’ve thought about,” he answered. “I’m focusing on Burnley.
“I think that discussion is for after the game. There has been that much going on and it has all happened so quickly that all my concentration, efforts and thoughts have gone into Burnley. I know that sounds like a generic answer, but it is what it is.”
