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Darren Fletcher was addressing the media this afternoon in his first press conference as interim manager of Manchester United.

Fletcher was speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow evening’s Premier League encounter with Burnley at Turf Moor.

The first part of the presser can be read in full here.

Here is every word of the second, embargoed section.

The first question was whether he will revert to a back four.

“Well, we don’t know yet. I can’t disclose that,” he said. “I think when you talk about the Under-18s teams, that’s a style and a system that the club thinks is best for developing players. So I think it’s a system that we use. I think it’s something that’s come in in terms of how we set up in midfield, how we set up with defenders. So I think for developing players, it’s a really good formation and system. And at Under-18s, it’s about development. So I think that’s the important thing for us is when I’m leading the Under-18s, I’m trying to develop players. So you’re picking teams, you’re experimenting, you’re doing different things, you’re challenging them, you’re playing young players. So of...