FLETCHER

Last updated : 14 May 2006 By Ed
"It was a circus with Manchester United here. It was like a parade when we got to the airport. Each player went up on a stage and then on to a bus.

"It was a totally different world and of the fan mail you get, most of it seems
to come from the Far East. I get ridiculous amounts from Japan, China and
Asia. I ask the other lads as well and it's just the same. It's a bit surreal actually.

"I can't quantify how many letters I get a week, you maybe get a plastic bag's worth or something like that. There have been a few already waiting for us here with their clipboards for signing. And I saw a few who had bought Manchester United strips for signing this morning. My mates wonder why they're bothered about me. You're only a Dalkeith guy, they'll say. Maybe I need to sit back and realise what I'm in sometimes. I don't see myself in these terms at all, so it is quite weird" - Darren Fletcher tells us of his Asian fanclub.