The Telegraph are reporting this morning that Nicky Butt will be promoted to Ryan Giggs' assistant, should he take over as caretaker manager if David Moyes is sacked in the coming hours.
While Mark Ogden first reported the rumours of Giggs and Butt's appointment, his Telegraph colleague, Henry Winter has been singing the praises of Giggs' potential as a manager, alongside Butt.
He has also suggested that Rene Meulensteen be included in the set-up:
He is ambitious. Once Moyes is dismissed, United’s board are expected to place the side in the tender hands of Giggs, assisted by Nicky Butt, and the club should consider adding the support of René Meulensteen.
United were always going to be the poorer the moment Moyes signalled that he did not want to retain the Dutchman’s coaching expertise and wisdom. Meulensteen has strong opinions andwill voice them. Nobody did that to Moyes, who made unchecked mistakes from dugout to press conference.
Installing a Giggs-Meulensteen-Butt caretaker axis would give United’s board time to find a successor, to commence the complicated courtship of the likes of Klopp. It would also give the board an opportunity to have a look at Giggs in the role, to assess the reaction of fans and players.
Waxing lyrical about the quality of Giggs, Winter also says 'There would be no deference to rivals from Giggs in his pre-match utterances, a Moyes weakness that has infuriated United followers.'
In fact reading Winter's piece in its entirety may convince many that Giggs should get the job on a permanent basis.
