Fletcher takes extended break because of illness

United have suffered another injury blow with news that Darren Fletcher will be taking an extended break from football due to a bowel disease.

In times like this football merely becomes an aside and I’m sure I won’t be the only person wishing Fletcher a speedy recovery.

Fletcher was out from March to September with a mystery illness and it has now been discovered that he was infact suffering with a illness called ulcerative colitis,a chronic inflammatory bowel condition.

United stated that Fletcher will “take an extended break from the demands of training and playing in order to afford the best chance possible of achieving full remission once again.”

Again we all wish Fletcher a full and speedy recovery.