"Darren was a substitute on Saturday and will play on Tuesday," the boss told media at his pre-match press conference.
"I think most people recognise Fletcher as a big-game player, but we’ve been aware of that for quite a while. He's been missed in some key games recently so it will be good to have him back."
Sir Alex had less reason to smile about some of his other stars. Rio Ferdinand, he says, needs to rest, while Ji-sung Park won't appear on the pitch for at least two weeks.
"Rio has a calf injury and they can be troubleseome," the boss said. "If you don’t rest and give it the proper treatment then you can end up in the situation we’ve been in where you’re playing players in games when they’re not 100 per cent fit. He’s doing some good work and hopefully we’ll see improvement [before our game against Chelsea on Sunday].
"Ji [trained this morning but he] is still in recovery and won’t be involved tomorrow. We’re going to give him two weeks to develop his physical side. He’s had too many small injuries coming back from internationals so he really needs to do some core work. That’s what he’ll do over the next two weeks."
"I think most people recognise Fletcher as a big-game player, but we’ve been aware of that for quite a while. He's been missed in some key games recently so it will be good to have him back."
Sir Alex had less reason to smile about some of his other stars. Rio Ferdinand, he says, needs to rest, while Ji-sung Park won't appear on the pitch for at least two weeks.
"Rio has a calf injury and they can be troubleseome," the boss said. "If you don’t rest and give it the proper treatment then you can end up in the situation we’ve been in where you’re playing players in games when they’re not 100 per cent fit. He’s doing some good work and hopefully we’ll see improvement [before our game against Chelsea on Sunday].
"Ji [trained this morning but he] is still in recovery and won’t be involved tomorrow. We’re going to give him two weeks to develop his physical side. He’s had too many small injuries coming back from internationals so he really needs to do some core work. That’s what he’ll do over the next two weeks."
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