Published: 12:25, 19 October 2025 | Updated: 12:25, 19 October 2025

Manchester United legends Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt have hit out at the apparent trend of their former club hiring executives and backroom staff from their crosstown rivals Man City in a new interview. 

The Red Devils are enduring a footballing moment that Scholes and Butt at the height of their Old Trafford careers could scarcely have imagined, with the side finishing last season in 15th under Portuguese manager Ruben Amorim. 

The 2025-26 campaign has also started on a down note, with Man United quickly knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two minnows Grimsby Town. 

Amorim was hired by Man United in the first year under club's new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Monaco-based petrochemicals billionaire committed to overhauling the years of stagnation that has followed the 2013 departure of Sir Alex Ferguson. 

As well as recruitment on-the-pitch, Ratcliffe has re-structured the hierarchy behind-the-scenes at Old Trafford, with eye-catching hires including former Man City Chief Football Operations Officer Omar Berrada. 

But according to Scholes and Butt,...