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Jonny Evans is returning to Manchester United as part of Darren Fletcher’s coaching staff.
Fletcher has been placed in interim charge following the sacking of Ruben Amorim as head coach on Monday.
The former midfielder will take the team for the Premier League game away at Burnley on Wednesday evening and will be joined by Evans, a former teammate during his playing days at Old Trafford.
Under-21s head coach Travis Binnion and assistant Alan Wright are expected to join them in the dugout at Turf Moor.
Evans, 37, spent six months as United’s head of loans and pathways after ending his playing career last summer, but stepped back from the role last month.
Across two spells at the club, Evans made 241 first-team appearances and scored eight goals.
The Northern Irishman won 12 trophies for United, including three Premier League titles, the Champions League, Club World Cup, and the FA Cup in 2023-24 — a trophy he also won with Leicester City three years prior.
An Old Trafford academy graduate, the centre-back spent seven seasons in United’s first-team squad before joining West Bromwich Albion, where he made 96 appearances across three seasons before a 2018 move to Leicester City, where he spent five seasons.
Evans returned to United in 2023 after eight years away and provided a meaningful contribution on the pitch, making 43 appearances.
Following Amorim’s exit United are sixth in the Premier League table, three points behind fourth-placed Liverpool.