Scholes: Man City stars deserve Player of the Year over Fernandes

Paul Scholes has suggested that some Manchester City players are ahead of Bruno Fernandes in the race for this season’s PFA Player of the Year award. Fernandes joined Man United in January 2020 from Sporting Lisbon. The forward signed for an initial fee of around £67m. The Portuguese international immediately hit the ground running in […]

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Scholes claims Thiago is ‘more suited’ to Man Utd than Liverpool

Paul Scholes thinks Thiago Alcantara would’ve been a better signing for Manchester United than Liverpool after his difficult start to life at Anfield. The Reds got back to winning ways yesterday as Thiago started in their 2-0 victory over Sheffield United, with Jurgen Klopp’s men now two points behind fourth-placed West Ham. Before their win […]

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Scholes baffled by Tuchel assessment of Chelsea-Man Utd match

Paul Scholes was confused by Thomas Tuchel’s view that the 0-0 draw between Chelsea and Manchester United was a “high quality” game. The Blues failed to get the win that would’ve seen them leapfrog West Ham into the top four but they did extend their nine-match unbeaten run under new boss Tuchel. It was a […]

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Scholes slams Fernandes and picks out two Man Utd ‘problems’

Paul Scholes has urged Man Utd midfielder Bruno Fernandes to “step up” after his “disappointing” display against Chelsea, while he thinks Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has two “problems” to solve. The Red Devils played out a drab goalless draw on Sunday at Stamford Bridge with both Chelsea and Man Utd struggling to create lots of clear-cut […]

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Scholes ‘never understood’ why winger failed at Man Utd

Man Utd legend Paul Scholes says he “never understood” why Real Sociedad winger Adnan Januzaj failed to make the grade at Old Trafford. The world appeared to be at his feet when he broke into the Red Devils’ first team as teenager, marking his full debut with a match-winning brace against Sunderland in 2013. But […]

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Scholes rates Man Utd, Spurs and Arsenal’s Europa League chances

Paul Scholes thinks Man Utd are “much better” than Tottenham and Arsenal and he expects them to go far in the Europa League this season. This round of 32 tie against Real Sociedad was all but settled when Man Utd scored four away goals without reply in Turin last week before drawing 0-0 last night […]

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Scholes names ‘sloppy’ Man Utd man as Solskjaer’s ‘real problem’

Paul Scholes thinks Man Utd goalkeeper David de Gea is the club’s “biggest weakness” after they beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday. The Spaniard has come under criticism over the past couple of seasons with many pundits and fans wanting to see Dean Henderson given the chance to become the United […]

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Scholes suggests one signing to take Man Utd to ‘next level’

Former midfielder Paul Scholes thinks Man Utd need to sign “a real dominant centre-half” to take them to the “next level”. The Red Devils got back to winning ways in the Premier League on Sunday as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men saw off the threat of relegation-threatened Newcastle. After managing just one victory in their previous […]

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Scholes sceptical over one area of Man Utd talent’s game

Paul Scholes can’t work out whether Amad Diallo is quick or not but admits Man Utd have found a “real talent” in the winger. Diallo agreed to join the Red Devils from Italian side Atalanta for £37million in the summer but finally completed his move to Old Trafford last month. The Ivorian was this January’s big-money […]

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Hargreaves makes huge Man Utd prediction after Sociedad win

Owen Hargreaves predicts that Man Utd will win a trophy this season after seeing them beat Real Sociedad 4-o in the Europa League on Thursday. After December’s galling Champions League group-stage exit, the Red Devils put together an impressive domestic run that saw them reach the top of the Premier League last month. But things […]

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