I was in the ambulance Rita walked past and went, Oh, Nicky are you OK? I said, I'll be all right, don't worry! And then she gave me a kiss on the cheek' Nicky Butt on his Rita Ora run-in

"I was meant to play in that too, but two or three years before that, I'd snapped my Achilles in a charity game I completely ruptured it, Butt tells us. I came back, then ruptured it again two days after I got off my crutches, so I swore I'd never play again."

"Scholesy asked me, Why are you not f**king playing? I said, I'm not playing in another of those games because I'll get injured. He told me, No you f**king won't, you'll be all right, just play for 20 minutes. Then he did his cruciate and I was pissing myself!"

"I remember that game when you did your Achilles, he says. You were on your own, no-one near you, and you said to me, Who the f**k was that? Because when you snap your Achilles, it feels like someone's tackled you. You were like, I'm going to f**king get them."

Members of Manchester United's Class of 92 often reunite for legends and charity matches, which are usually relaxed, crowd-pleasing affairs. Nicky Butt suffered a complete Achilles rupture in a charity game, returned, and then ruptured it again two days after leaving his crutches, prompting him to swear off such matches. Paul Scholes teased Butt about refusing to play but then suffered a cruciate injury himself. Butt described the sudden, violent sensation of snapping an Achilles and initially thought another player had tackled him before realising the severity of the injury.

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