Friday 30 January 2015 14:43, UK
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed midfielder Darren Fletcher is having talks at West Ham United.
Fletcher was named United vice-captain at the start of the season, but has been unable to break into Van Gaal's first team and now looks set to move to the London side.
"Darren Fletcher is now in West Ham, I believe," Van Gaal told a press conference on Friday afternoon. "So we have to wait and see."
Fletcher has made 12 appearances for Manchester United this season, with the most recent being in the 2-0 win at Yeovil Town in the FA Cup first round.
"He is my third captain. He is an important guy in the dressing room. I like him as a human being and as a player. We shall miss him," Van Gaal said.
"But he has not played so many times. I think always that is the main goal of a player. We have talked about that. He prefers to play. Therefore we have helped him to go away.
"For us, it is a miss, a loss. For the club who bought him, it is another player with a lot of qualities, as a midfielder and as a captain.
"He is a very experienced player. But in that role we have another experienced player. That is the problem here."
