Alan Fettis has explained leaving Manchester United to become senior goalkeeper coach at Middlesbrough.

Fettis says he feels ready for the step up from academy coaching.

He said: “I think the stature of the club. Whenever I've been here with Manchester United's academy they've always been good footballing people.

“It's a really good football club and obviously the manager that has come in has done really well wherever he has been previously.

"I had a few deadlines with him when Dean Henderson was at Sheffield United and so I understand what he's about and how he plays.

“Like me, he's a good and honest footballing person, as are all of his staff. It was a big wrench to leave Manchester United after so long but I had ambitions to want to push myself a little bit further so it was a no-brainer really in some respects."