NICKY BUTT and Paul Scholes will take a more hands-on role in running the team and training at Salford City. The ex-Manchester United pair are club owners – along with fellow Class of 92 stars Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham – and will work closely with new boss Neil Wood. Butt, […]
NICKY BUTT and Paul Scholes will take a more hands-on role in running the team and training at Salford City.
The ex-Manchester United pair are club owners – along with fellow Class of 92 stars Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham – and will work closely with new boss Neil Wood.
Butt, 47, left his coaching job at United last year and Scholes, also 47, was manager at Oldham in 2019.
Now they will move from the boardroom to help Wood, 39, on a regular basis.
As SunSport revealed earlier this week, Wood became the shock choice for the job at the Peninsula Stadium, before he was announced on Friday.
Wood, who replaced Gary Bowyer, is another former United academy graduate – although he never made a senior appearance for the Red Devils.
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He had brief spells at Burnley, Coventry City, Blackpool and Oldham before retiring from playing in 2008.
Wood first began his coaching career at youth level with Aston Villa, before returning to United in 2014.
He held various roles at the club, from Under-13 level through to U23 – where he guided the club to promotion back to Premier League 2.
Butt said on Wood: “It’s really exciting to have Neil join us at Salford City, I’ve known him for a long time since I was a player at United with him and more recently as a coach.
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“He’s an exceptionally talented coach, very tactical and technical, and someone that everyone will really enjoy working with so it’s exciting times for us having him here.
“I’m really happy that he’s joining us, and I’m looking forward to the future with Neil.”
Wood said: “I’m very excited for the challenge, I think it’s going to be really good going forward, it’s going to be a new challenge for me but one that I’m looking forward to.
“I’ve spent a lot of years coaching, I’ve been a head coach for the last three years at Manchester United and this was naturally my next progression so it’s an exciting time.
