Paul Scholes - The Best Central Midfielder Ever 

Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta were better in my opinion.

@@Argdut1106 ENGLISH

@@southsy7e i saw the comment "English," and i still think that guy was wrong. Scholes was best ever.

yaya toure is better

Scholes wasn’t even the best CM at United! Keane was!!

I like Messi... and he said Gerrard was the best English player ever!

@@brentmeistergeneral6074 when did he say that ?

Ahmad 36 just google it... www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.empireofthekop.com/2016/11/25/lionel-messi-makes-brilliantly-bold-statement-about-steven-gerrard/amp/

That makes Paul Scholes seem a bit self-centred then

Tateybigmouth Reee how come? He has previously said that his favorite player was Ryan Giggs.

They still lost actually. He came back in January 2012 and won the league in 2013

@@MrA-hc9fi lost by a point but yuh

@@aqeel889 By goal difference. They were level on points with city.

Not yuh. Lost by GD but yuh

That cost us 80 million.. we lost Pogba

N

That's more of a sign of how bad our team is right now, that a retired former player would still be the best player in any position...

Not really a big achievement

No. Put him in any midfield ever and he would be the best player. That's just a thing when you're the best player ever. Put Super Roy or anyone from back then on United now and they would be the best player on the team right now, for sure, but Paul Scholes is the best footballer ever (just my opinion, I know).

You could put rod hull in todays united midfield and he would be the best player in there too

DKG tbf Zidane is way better, Zidane was on another stratosphere to Scholes, and for the fact that this one liner is brought up so much as if to convince people backs up my point even more

@@leebonnick7052 In my opinion scholes was better. And its a great quote

DKG your crazy, the only thing he could do better was long passing and that’s it, better 🤦🏾‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@leebonnick7052 sure pal ;)

That's a fake quote you fucking idiot

look up the definition of underrated

That's true.Messi said that they teach others about him in la masia

@@ahmedrahim2500 ??

@@tiagomota4734 u never heard that? Ask xavi man

Superb

That says enough about him.

@mark c You clearly dont know anything about Scholes... He isnt an offensive midfielder like for example Özil. I think he plays more like a combination between Pirlo and Xabi Alonso They didnt have that many assists as well, but their skill when it comes to crossing and distribute the ball all over the pitch is amazing and just as valuable. Scholes is the best ever in the Premier league when it comes to exactly that.

@@jogabonito5027 Scholes was more of an attacking midfielder when he was younger, he did score quite a lot of goals and had assists. But definitely dropped deeper later in his career into a playmaking role

@mark c redflagflyinghigh.com/2011/05/blogs/scholes-tribute-the-worlds-top-players-on-the-ginger-prince/2/

@mark c Veron was never bought to replace Scholes. He was bought to give United different options for specific games especially CL games. Veron was a phenomenal player as he showed in glimpses but he simply couldn't get into a team with Keane and Scholes already in it!!! And you can't compare Crouch a 6ft 8 striker to Scholes a deep lying midfielder/playmaker. Crouch's assists are knock downs ala Toshack for Keegan. You need to understand football before commenting son!!!

@LFC1892 I gather your a slippy G fan 🤣

Scholes was overrated. He couldn’t lace Glen Hoddles boots.

Only xavi and him, Zidane at times

You must've never watched football.

@@SandroMagna world's dumbest comment goes to you. congrats

Go watch zz in a World Cup final and see if Paul could get close to that level 😂😂😂😂

Wonderful view you have here.

Matching Xavi's passing - maybe Matching Iniesta in the opponent's box? If you mean dribbling, then nope Matched Lampard's shots - fair enough, I can agree with this, but not as prolific, though it wasn't his role to be either Matched Gerrard's workrate? Nope. He ran well enough, but was never known for covering an extensive amount of ground Matched Zidane's ball control? Sorry, no way. But he did have a very good first touch that he knew how to work into play Pirlo's longevity? I guess, but he didn't have quite as good a peak as Pirlo did Keane's reckless tackling? Don't really think this is an ideal to be matched to lol But in terms of defensive capabilities in general, Keane was way above him. I will also agree with the statement about how he adapted his game through the years and in different systems, but I have to point out that Gerrard, Pirlo and Iniesta were also people who adapted as time went on, while an argument could be made that players of the calibre of Zidane didn't have to adapt because their quality never dipped for them to need to change till the end

@@michaelpachuau3885 you are such a joker by playing him down, this guy was amazing in all ramification,if you want to put it down like that could zidane play defensive midfield and do the dirty work there ?since he couldnot be matched with the likes of zidane ,the whole idea is that he was versatile,visionary ,confident ,skillfull,visionary and very energetic ,he could do anything in the pitch...

@@mrbond3004 wasn't my intention to play him down. I rate him, Just don't think he's the 'best central midfielder ever'. Top 3 in his generation, maybe. And the comparisons weren't my choices, but rather me replying to the original comment and the comparisons the original commentor made.

@Ajmal Ali even at Scholes' peak, he was never United's best midfielder overall in terms of how important he was to the team. He was the type of player your fellow players admire maybe, but Keane, Beckham and Giggs were all as important if not moreso in terms of what they brought to the team. And even if you argued the Manchester United point, at his very best, Scholes was never an integral part of the English NT, whether it was a successful one or not. Pirlo's peak saw him pick up and play an important part in not just every Team based title possible, from the CL to the WC, he was also nominated for almost every conceivable individual award, garnering places in all star teams. Scholes highest ever individual accolade on the world stage was being nominated as a CANDIDATE for the FIFPro World XI twice. Not even being a part of it. So no, other than partial sentimentality, Scholes' prime never reached the peak of Pirlo's. I never mentioned Zidane for anything other than his attacking capabilities, I said he never HAD to change his position because he was able to play at the highest level in the same one all the way till the end. When you say he fucking sucked in Juventus, you mean the same Zidane who won Serie Player of the Year while playing for Juventus? Scholes never 'bossed it' in the DM or wing positions, he merely adapted to them. Zidane never hit his peak till he hit Juve, but even if we take your 96 argument, Zidane was also voted the Ligue 1 player of the year for the 95/96 season. Scholes was never in Zidane's level. Or Peak Iniesta's for that matter. As for Gerrard, look at the context I used him in, as a legitimate box to box midfielder who really could do everything a central midfielder is supposed to do. Before you came at me with a reply, please back up statements with more than just club based favoritism. And Conte was 1000 times the defensive component as Keane was? Now who's overrating Players and underrating players lol

heart in my mouth every time Paul Scholes tackled any one LOL. But what a talent. Not sure why anyone would compare him Gerhard or Lampard....

manase mwanza because Gerrard and Lampard have won way way more indivisible awards and have more assists . Scholes was never even Man U best player of year once... lmfao

@@masyaf897 You cannot see Paul Scholes effectiveness in individual awards but you you can see it in his overall team results. When Paul Scholes was on the ManUtd team they won With United, Scholes won 25 trophies including 11 Premier League titles (more than any other English player) and two UEFA Champions League titles. That is what Paul Scholes was about. As the saying goes " if you watch the match you won't see Paul Scholes, but if you watch Paul Scholes you will see the whole game"

@@manasemwanza3871 I agree and I like that comment.....if you watch the match you won't see Paul Scholes, but if you watch Paul Scholes you will see the whole game".......awesome. I've been a ManU supportee/fan since '77 and nobody better in that position for the club and in the league, up till now.

He should have got the 93 card in fifa tbh Stupid ea

Like Seedorf, Zidane, Cruyff, Iniesta, Xavi, Guardiola, Del Piero, Laudrup, Bergkamp, Kroos, Matthaus. And that’s just Europe. Man what are you saying there’s loads of players that fit that description why can’t you just say he was amazing, exceptional, not the one and only 😂

7zzzzzzz i wouldn’t say it was the main reason it was an ageing squad, and they didn’t replace anyone in it also Fergie left which had a huge impact

Scholes didn’t even play that much towards the end of his career that’s not the main reason

Actually the main reason is: Ferdinand and vidic's replacements are Lindelof and Smaling, Neville and Evra's replacements are Young and Valencia, Carrick's replacement is Matic, Hargreaves Scholes and Giggs replacements are Mata Fred and Pogba, and the godly trio Rooney Tevez And Ronaldo's raplacements are Rashford Lingard and Lukaku lol.

Victor Torres they were still winning titles after tevez and Ronaldo left tbough

Victor Torres lindelof join well after fergie left you mean Phil Jones?

You are not a Liverpool fan, trust me.

And you’re the authority on who is a true fan? Been following L’pool since I was 8. Just cos I’m a L’pool fan doesn’t mean I can’t be objective and have a different opinion.

Objective and have a different opinion, fine. Objective and a wrong opinion, especially one concerning MU? Have a word.

And if Scholes had played for L’pool it would be the right opinion? His achievements speak for themselves. I’m not blinded by my support for L’pool.

Nice said, mate. Fully agree with you 👍

You didn't because there was none. Genius 😂

because just like Ruud Gullit said... "he always make it looks simple and easy " even that is difficult techniques...

A good player a club level.

@@gunternetzer9621you should take up clown as a profession

Most people watching this will have played football before mate.

@@headhuncho1561 he was good but if he was the greatest midfielder of all time, how come England never won anything, when they had a stacked team? to call him the greatest central midfielder ever is an exageration when Pirlo, Xavi, Zidane played the same position!

So a box to box midfielder?

@Jaysun B Not true .some of his late / wild challenges overshadowed the fact he was in fact very good at nicking the ball back .there is a video on RU-vid of his defensive actions

So like a libero

B2B is something different and also a libero is even more different, and Blind also is different does not have the strength nor offensive skills in general to be even comparable.. The thread starter had it right DM/CM/AM, no need to add anything. Its a bit lost nowadays, the premier league with the classic 442 back in the day had more players like that, you needed to be more of an allround player to play in the middle, same with the serie a italy, the education system brought up many allround cms, nowadays its all separated and rarely a player comes through the systems that is that good to not be affected by the restrictions that much, only lately the education systems startet to change a bit and look more on the individual player and not try to press them into one specific profile, look at all the french talents for example etc

@@Jessicalightowler11 Yes, he was not the best at tackling but he wins the ball back with some crazy interceptions and intelligence, it's these things that aren't talked about enough

they decided to build their team around that mediocre passer called steven gerrard

I am Irish, but scholes was the most underrated England player ever . His one touch passing was a thing of beauty . The best football brain i have ever seen in a footballer ever . If he was playing in the premier league today, he would be head and shoulders above any player . Kevin De Bruyne isn't fit too lace his boots.

Timothy Manurung you got a more complete player with gerrard unfortunately

@@Nothing-yi6vw mention one thing that gerrard can do but scholes cant

Timothy Manurung Manage a team

True man, but I've seen enough Zidane to tell you that even he is worth a shout when we are talking about the greatest midfielders

Gerrard 😉

“Kids these days" stfu you idiot. You expect people to sit snd watch football matches all day? Go fuck yourself

Ok boomer

No doubt scholes was a genius , but i think bobby charlton was better . Don't believe me , watch some videos of him when England won the world cup in 66 . He had everything, dribbling, pace , passing , technique , two footed , football brain, wonderful shooting technique . He was like a mixture of gazza and scholes but better than both.

Imagine a midfield of Scholes, keane and Hoddle!

Gerrard was better

I love Scholes as much as anyone else. But Zidane was the centerpiece of a French team that won a world cup and got them pretty close to winning another one (right until the headbutt, lol), plus won the Eurocup. Yes, Scholes was massively underrated by the England national team, but still, he never had the impact that prime Zidane used to have. Scholes always played great; but Zidane, on a good day, was god.

Dude....stop quoting fake quotes. Almost all of these quotes about scholes are fake.

@@dawood1633they are trying to change history .. scholes never won any UEFA individual awards unlike the likes of Xavi , iniesta, pirlo, zidane, seedorf, viera etc.

ZZ said R9 was the best eve player he saw and they were all the same generation. Scholes revisionists are in your head... he wasn’t even the best CM at Utd, that was Keane. Butt used to get picked over Scholes for some of the bigger, important and gritty games! 😆

mark c read it!

Please name your greatest 11 ever please if he gets in it 😂

Imagine Thiago without the hype and dirty tackles also Thiago if he was miserable and over praised for a few long balls and refs helping them in a dirty league.

Who do you mean by "They" and "don't make midfielders"? This is getting dirty ;)

Mis Respetos 🔥

United not relying much on academy graduates United needs to reinstate old school antics ,

@@mrajaram7676 Hopefully Mainoo will do that for us. Very early in his career but he looks promising.

Happy days

Yep, the Golden days, I wish Man U get another great midfielder like again.

Oh yes

Holy fuck

Adding Ronaldo when Beckham left for Madrid wasn't a bad addition either.

Pretty valuable strength lol

I agree. The sum total surpasses the individual stats.

Jesus christ is this a joke best ever because they praised him??? The revisionist RU-vid hype is sickening he was not better than Nedved never mind Pirlo, Xavi or Zidane or Viera. A miserable ginger dirt long ball merchant. He played LM not good enough and bench first 8 years career. Enough hype. Thomas Hässler better, even Cesc is closer than Scholes is to Zidane or Kaka or Iniesta

I remember watching him in his last season (not the first retirement) when Man United was playing West Ham. Scholes was at least a step behind his pace of ten years earlier but his ability to control the play in midfield and knowing just when to release the ball forward to his team-mates was still extraordinary.

@@Mo-iv8ot if you think people are hyping Scholes a lot through youtube, the you haven't watched the barca oriented videos mate. There is a reason why scholes is idolised so much. Maybe you weren't old enough to watch him play. Inter milan gave United a blank cheque for him mate.

ZUNO paul that we bid to juventus : pogba paul that we get : pogshite paul that we get now : pogstillshite

Chris Mascarenhas scholes isn't overrated at all he is way better than pogba. It's a reason he is regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time compared to pogba

@@chrismascarenhas1059 you can't compare pogba with Scholes Scholes is wayyy better

@@chrismascarenhas1059 you can't just compare players through their highlights a player must play continuously well pogba as an example plays 9 games well then he plays shit again

Chris Mascarenhas highlights doesn't mean shit idiot scholes I better than pogba in every way

Not everything , he couldn’t tackle or beat a man

@@MM-kq2rt he didn't need to beat a man or tackle when he could control the tempo of the game... Watch the video and you will see how redundant those qualities are in a midfield that had scholsey!!

A great player, I am fan of Man U...Take the D out defense

agree

Helped after Everton too... and after Chelsea...

@@garweber2695 Cardiff as well..

Iniesta and zidane better

Xavi x Iniesta x Scholes = too much sauce 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Scholes genius..Pogba..poser...

Sohail Shaikh, who would do the defending, tackles and ball winning in that midfield? Lol

Any true utd fan will criticize Pogba, the guy is poison, he is only bringing tension, and how many times his agent criticizes the club and Ole, how many times his brothers doing the same, he is just quite not saying anything, he posts ads when team lose, he is super quite when we win big matches, be a man and put an official statement to shut everyone, I fkn hate him and I dont care how good he is, he should just leave the club

MagnusMunch their academy sucks So they have to pay money

Top comment, everyone sees the osssing both Short and long range but his best ability despite godlike passing was his ability to find space when sourounded. I only see Modric coming close to him in that regard.

Totti

That’s exactly what Gullit used to do at Chelsea

@David Xavi dominated almost everybody in terms of vision and passing but was nowhere near as versatile as Scholes.

Xavi, iniesta, pirlo, Cruyff and Zidane. Need I go on? David silva, Zico, Maradona. Never seen a player who could do it like Scholes? Fuck off. You need to watch more football, bud ffs.

No, Gerrard was the best midfielder

Never top 3 balon d’or. Lampard and Gerrard were though…..

@@steveb951 Pep Guardiola himself has said that Scholes was better than Lampard and Gerrard.

@@deangreen2567 well of Pep said it it’s got to be true then (if he even did)

No way . Gazza, charlton and finney were better.

I agree with you. Unique talent.

Paul Gascoigne by a country mile

I take it you never seen any other midfielders then

Iniesta says hi!

*Pirlo* - Now fuck off!!!

we will be aight

@@VladGolgotha #GGMU

To me, he's the definition of a genuinely world-class midfielder. No one that I've seen play at least for us in my lifetime has ever been able to run a game as gracefully as he did. A true artist and what's even better..an incredibly selfless and humble person that genuinely did not give a flying fuck about individual plaudits. We had a lot of scumbags play for us over the years, and he's one of the very few that is still incredibly esteemed both for his brilliance in the game and for his character as a good human-being.

@@dafunkyshit Fact. Couldn't have put it better myself.

Michael Stock where was he for England

Alfie you can’t talk much about his international career as he was played out of position.

Jesper Skogen no he wasn’t

Alfie Yes, he was. He was played out wide instead of centrally.

@@alfie2113 dumbass

yeah good old day, Scholes vs arsenal squad was always like a man vs a bunch of kindergarten kids.

Dribbling ?? We got the right Paul Scholes? 🤣🤣

Literally the worst tackler of all time

Not tackling. He used to scare us with those lunges

You Clearly didn’t watch football if you think he could tackle

@@sponish0 it may be you are the one doesn't watch football, since you don't know how paul scholes smashed his opponents dawn. I advise you to go and goggle Paul scholes tackling and see for yourself. Since you haven't seen his playing times.

@@umarmurtala8090 Scholes couldn't tackle for shit, an edited RU-vid video proves nothing, everyone who watched him said the same, it's you who knows nought.

I think he would be a bargain at that price!

Damn fuckin str8

He’d be priceless in my opinion. Not enough money in the world to be honest

At least 1 billion

SAF would never sell him

Whos your goat?

@@nabeelhakeem3593 George Best

@@weekendwet1 messi or ronaldo and why?

Hardly - he didn't do anything at international level.

@@gunternetzer9621 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rW_O6mfw380.html

Utd fans always say that, justclike Chelsea fans say Lampard, liverpool fans say Gerrard and arsenal fans say Vieira

United fans will say that he’s the best, but when the rest of the world says he’s the GOAT of all midfielders, complimented as ‘the best’ by absolutely class legends like Xavi and Zidane, and is studied by Barça and Bayern players, all the way from the youth to the seniors, then that says it all. Scholes was the best central midfielder ever🔴⚪️⚫️ and don’t even mention Gerrard, Lampard, Vieira in the same breath as this man. Idiots

You welcome. )

That's why they never won anything 😆😆

modric?

Best ever? Better than pirlo iniesta xavi?

@@maxbailey4971 Scholes was the best

@@maxbailey4971 Far better than Pirlo, better than Xavi, but nowhere near as good as Iniesta.

mb 1998 of course all of them is fansly of Scholes man

@@vitorneves106 lol xavi is better than iniesta

Oh, so you remember? Looking at all these comments above not one actually remember Scholes started in the early united team as a striker/centre forward. Well done you! 👏🏼

Finally, someone knew about the original position of Scholes when he started his football career.

@@johnnyc5765 oh yeh I remember! 😉✌️

@@max_spartaspectre8393 oh yes dude! ✌️😉

That's why he was so good with his head.