Nicky Butt reveals stunning speech Sir Alex Ferguson gave to Man Utd players that made him say 'wow'

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Manchester United legend Nicky Butt spoke to SPORTbible at the premiere of Amazon's new documentary, 99.

Nicky Butt has opened up on the incredible speech Sir Alex Ferguson gave his players at half-time during their 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich.A new Amazon documentary titled '99' covering United's legendary Treble-winning side from the 1998/99 season has now been produced to celebrate the 25Speaking to SPORTbible on the red carpet, Butt revealed how a motivating speech from Ferguson at half-time inspired United to come from behind to beat Bayern Munich.

"He said 'don't walk off that pitch and not be able to grab a trophy'. And that was it, you just sit there and go 'wow'."That's pretty much it. Don't walk off regretting it because you may never get the chance to get your hands on that trophy again."You don't want to be the one looking sad it on the pitch and do all you can to pick it up. That was part of his talk.

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