Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakawhiwhia a Nicky Butt ki tētahi tūranga ā-waenganui hei kaiako matua ki te whare wānanga o Manchester United. Ko te 40 tau te pakeke o Old Trafford i awhina i a Warren Joyce me United i raro i te 21 engari e hiahia ana kia nui ake te kawenga whakangungu. I whakaarohia a Butt e te kaiwhakahaere o Hull a Steve Bruce i mua i tana tango i a Mike Phelan hei kaiawhina, a, e hiahia ana a United ki te pupuri i te kaitakawaenga o Ingarangi o mua hei waahanga o a raatau whakaritenga ka taea e ia te awe ki nga kaitakaro taiohi e haere mai ana. I tae atu a Nicky Butt (roto matau) me Ryan Giggs ki te matakitaki i a Manchester United Under 21's. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o te whare wānanga o United a Brian McClair ka uru atu ki te Scotland FA hei kaiwhakahaere mahi i te raumati. Ahakoa kei te mahi tonu ia ki United, e hiahia ana te karapu ki te whakarite mo tana wehenga atu, me te kite i te mea hei whai waahi ki te tuku atu i a Butt ki te mahi whakangungu. Kaore ano a United kia kitea he whakakapi mo McClair. Ko te tumuaki o te whare wānanga o Arsenal a Andries Joncker kua puta hei tetahi o nga kaitono pea. I tae atu a Butt ki Old Trafford i te Turei ki te matakitaki i te tukinga o te riiki o raro i te 21 o United ki a Tottenham - i te timatanga o Rafael me Falcao i te 1-1 toenga. Kua whakawhiwhia te kaitakawaenga o mua o United ki tētahi tūranga ā-waenganui ki te whakangungu i ngā whetū o muri mai o te karapu.
I whakawhiwhia a Nicky Butt ki tētahi tūranga ā-waenganui hei kaiako i te whare wānanga o Manchester United. Ko te toa o te Champions League e awhina ana i te kaiako o te Under 21. Ka uru atu te kaiwhakahaere o te whare wānanga o United a Brian McClair ki te Scottish FA. Pāwhiritia ki konei mō ngā rongo hou katoa o Manchester United.