Keane: Butt's 'one of the best'

Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has hailed want-away team-mate Nicky Butt as "one of the best midfielders in England".

Butt had a transfer request granted by United boss Sir Alex Ferguson this week after finding his path to the first team blocked by the summer arrivals of Kleberson and Cristiano Ronaldo, plus the emergence of Darren Fletcher from the Old Trafford youth ranks.