Soccer: Grip supports move by Butt

ENGLAND assistant manager Tord Grip believes Nicky Butt’s international prospects would benefit from a move away from Manchester United.

The midfielder has asked to leave the club he has been with for more than a decade because of his limited first-team opportunities at Old Trafford this season.

Grip, Sven-Goran Eriksson's right-hand man, feels the time is now right for Butt to seek regular first-XI football if he is to remain part of the national team set-up.