The UK government announced plans this month to outlaw the sale of sports and music tickets at inflated prices in legislation due to be introduced in next year’s king’s speech.
Have Scholes and Butt turned to ticket touting?
Ticket touting is rife in football, with some fans paying extortionate amounts to simply see their favourite team play.
Schols and Butt are both United legends and speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast on Monday, the pair have revealed that even may have to resort to touting as a means to see their former side.
“It's a very different football club to the club we knew,' Scholes began. 'I don't know about you Nicky, you worked there quite recently, but I don't really know anybody there.”
Scholes continued on the subject, even admitting that he may even turn to a tout for answers:
“I don't know anybody there.
“I have four season tickets so we use them... my son uses them every single week,' he added.
“You get people asking (for tickets). I've had a Salford lad who wants to got to the game this week - a couple of tickets.
“So I've had to ring a tout? Am I allowed to say that? Honestly, I know a tout.”
The club had no idea who Butt was
Butt then interjected, revealing that the club had no idea who he was when he called up to work out a problem with his tickets.
“My lad has got the same thing,' he explained. 'If you don't use them three times you get them taken off you.
“I've had an email saying "you're having your ticket taken off you". So I rang them up and said can I speak to somebody about this please? And they go "who am I speaking to please?", and I go Nicky Butt and they go, "OK, well who's that?"'
Scholes went on to say that the club is losing touch with its DNA: “There’s nobody there who really understands what it means to be a Manchester United player.
“Darren Fletcher is the only one who knows what it’s like to be at the club. You don’t always have to be the best player but you have to have the character to play for United.”