Sir Alex Ferguson will have no formal role in the search for Manchester United's next manager, sources have told ESPN, with football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher given the responsibility of identifying and assessing candidates to replace the sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United are looking for their fifth permanent manager since Ferguson's retirement in May 2013 after Solskjaer became the latest coach, following Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal and David Moyes, to lose his job at Old Trafford at the weekend.