Paul Scholes

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An outstanding former England playmaker renowned for crucial, often spectacular goals. He broke into the first team as a striker but has matured into an all-round midfielder with crunching tackles allied to superb vision. Scholes combines an excellent range of passing and a superb strike rate and is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League. Enjoyed his best goalscoring return of 14 during the 2002/03 season, including scoring in six successive matches and bagging a memorable hat-trick at Newcastle United. He followed that up with nine goals in each of the two following seasons, but missed much of the 2005/06 campaign with an eye problem. Voted into the Premier League Team of the Decade in the 10 Seasons Awards poll.

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England head coach Fabio Capello has claimed that Manchester United veteran Paul Scholes initially agreed to come out of retirement to feature at the World Cup finals, before changing his mind. The 35-year-old Red Devils midfield maestro has not featured for his country since Euro 2004, but was tempted to try his luck in South Africa, before opting against a return to England duty. Capello... [more»]

Sir Alex Ferguson has criticised Arsene Wenger's negative comments concerning Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes. Scholes, 35, has found himself in the spotlight at the start of the new season, with his impressive form leading to suggestions of an international recall in the twilight of his career. The midfielder scored his 150th goal for the Red Devils last weekend but Wenger's... [more»]

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has no plans to retire following his impressive start to the new season. The soon to be 36-year-old midfielder took the plaudits after man-of-the-match displays in both the Community Shield victory over Chelsea and Monday night's opening 3-0 Premier League win against Newcastle United. Scholes has made almost 650 appearances for the Red Devils during... [more»]

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted with the role veteran Paul Scholes played in his side's 3-0 victory over Newcastle United on Monday night. The Red Devils opened their Premier League campaign in fine style as Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs put the Magpies to the sword. Scholes set up Berbatov and Giggs as the hosts responded to reigning champions... [more»]

Manchester United veteran Paul Scholes was pleased with his side's opening Premier League 3-0 win over Newcastle United on Monday evening. The diminutive midfielder put in an exceptional performance at Old Trafford as he set up two of the Red Devils' goals. He teed up Dimitar Berbatov to fire them into the lead, before Darren Fletcher slotted home from close range. With time running out,... [more»]