FLETCHER IS ALMOST READY

Last updated : 17 March 2003 By Editor
Fergie:

"I think he could play in the first team now. He has been in the reserves on and off for about two months but he is ready,

"His best position is centre-midfield but he can also play wide. He has a good engine and he is doing all right.

"I thought he did well on Wednesday but he just needs the strength and once he stops growing then his physique will get better.

"He has good composure and a good eye for the game and I am pleased with him.

"We had had him here since he was an 11-year-old but when he reached 15, everybody was after him,

"He was in the Scottish schoolboy’s team and we thought we had lost him because Liverpool and Newcastle came in. He had almost agreed to join Newcastle but I got him down to Manchester with his father and he signed for us."

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