Manchester United academy chief Nicky Butt says the return of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mike Phelan has lifted those involved in the youth system.

Butt admits Solskjaer and Phelan have brought a “comfort" that enables key principles to be emphasised across the whole club.

“One thing about Ole and Mike coming into a group with Kieran [McKenna] and Michael [Carrick], they've known the club inside out for many, many years," he explained.

“So they know it better than anybody and what they've brought in is a bit of 'let's get back to normality'. Let's get back to what we fundamentally think is right as a club. Forget the football side – just as a club. The whole canteen is re-opened again, we're all eating together again, all the kids are into the pool and the gym together and so on. But you flip the coin and you can understand why some managers close the canteen to themselves; I can understand why they closed the gym to themselves.

"What Ole and Mike bring now is the comfort that we can be ourselves and we can be open around the building and we can be engaging with every single person in the building.

“And, on the football pitch, they want to get back to winning ways in the right style, which is attacking, fast-flowing, introducing young Academy players into the team and get back to winning ways."