Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his old club needs Darren Fletcher back for the big games.
The Molde coach has no doubts the Scot will make a successful playing return from his bowel problems.
Solskjaer told the Daily Mail: "He'd had loads of injury problems but I knew the manager had really good faith in him. And I could see, even in that very first reserve game, just why Alex Ferguson had such high hopes for this kid.
"I've followed his career from that day on because I knew he was a special player, but also because he is a good guy.
"We used to play Darren against the likes of Arsenal - in the big games, semi-finals - and he just ran them. You could see Vieira never liked playing against Fletch and that to me is the sign of a great player.
"I knew Fletch was going to be a legend for Scotland and now he'll get back fit and become an even better player."
