Fletcher In Talks With West Ham

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed Darren Fletcher is holding transfer talks with West Ham United.

The Scotland international has been granted permission to discuss a move before the transfer window closes next week but no deal has been finalised.

"He is now at West Ham, I believe, so we have to wait and see," the manager revealed at Friday's press conference.

"He is my third captain so he is an important guy in the dressing room. I like him as a person and as a human being so we shall miss him. But he hasn't played so many times and that is always the main goal of a player. We have talked about that and he preferred to play.

"Therefore, we have helped him to go away. It is a loss and, for the club that buys him, he is another player with a lot of quality – as a midfielder, but also as a captain and a very experienced player. We also have another experienced player in the same role, so that is the problem here."