Darren Fletcher Needs A Break

Dar­ren Fletcher

Manchester United and Scot­land mid­field work­horse Dar­ren Fletcher is tak­ing an exten­ded break from foot­ball for health reas­ons as the long serving club stal­wart has been suf­fer­ing from ulcer­at­ive colitis, also known as inflam­mat­ory bowel dis­ease, for a long period of time. People with this con­di­tion have prob­lems with the immune sys­tem, but it is not quite clear whether immune prob­lems cause this illness.

Hail­ing from Dalkeith in Scot­land, Dar­ren Fletcher joined Manchester United as a trainee at the begin­ning of the 2000–2001 sea­son and the dynamic mid­fielder made his senior debut for the club in a UEFA Cham­pi­ons League encounter with Swiss side FC Basel at Old Traf­ford in March 2003. A reli­able and respons­ible per­former, Dar­ren Fletcher has stated on sev­eral occa­sions in the past that he wants to stay with the Manchester club for the rest of his play­ing life. Unfor­tu­nately, his Manchester United career so far has been hampered by a num­ber of injur­ies which have restric­ted his appearances.

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