Manchester United coach Nicky Butt reveals club hire circus performers to teach academy kids FALLING techniques

NICKY BUTT has revealed Manchester United are using a circus performer to teach academy kids how to FALL properly.

Class of 92 legend Butt, 41, reckons today’s PlayStation-mad youngsters are ill-equipped for the rough and tumble of a pro career.

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And the tough-tackling ex-midfielder — now head of the Old Trafford academy — said: “Our lads don’t know how to fall, roll, and you should see the amount of injuries we get from popped shoulders or their arms.

“I probably fell out of a tree 15 times and never hurt myself. I don’t think my son’s ever climbed a tree.

“Body mechanics lose so much when you’re not climbing trees, not playing basketball, cricket, rugby. I played rugby, cricket, football, basketball.

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“You look at Ryan Giggs, top players, they just flow with their movement, doing it with ease.

“Look at the United squad, they’re giants. Pogba, Carrick, Zlatan, Schneiderlin, Smalling, Bailly — athletes.

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“This might sound bizarre but we’ve had a guy come in from the circus telling the kids how to do spinning plates, jumping through hoops — circus tricks to get their biomechanics working.”

Surely Butt could have asked United winger Ashley Young to help with the falling over bit!