Pele: “If he was playing with me, I would have scored so many more." Zinedine Zidane: “My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." Luis Figo: “I’m star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can’t catch him. Off the pitch he disappear.” Xavi: “In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesn’t give possession away. If he had been Spanish then maybe he would have been valued more." Patrick Vieira: “The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy - Scholes." Lionel Messi: “At La Masia his name was mentioned a lot. He’s a teacher." Roy Keane: “An amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being." Laurent Blanc: “I tell anyone who asks me - Scholes is the best English player." Pirlo: “The truly great English midfield player of the generation. Didn’t just play the game, he thought about the game. You could see every pass, every decision, was based on his intelligence and understanding." Thierry Henry: “I can’t understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t seek the limelight like some of the other ‘stars’." Pep Guardiola: “Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had loved to play alongside him." Cesc Fabregas: “He is the one whose level I aspire to. He is the best player in the Premier League." Dimitar Berbatov: “Nobody else can play the way Paul Scholes does." Sir Alex Ferguson: “I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He’s got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn’t a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.” Paul Scholes was the GOAT! 🐐
What other player has the likes of Zidane, Xavi, Figo, Pele, Pep Guardiola, Viera and a host of other excellent players from every decade, talk about them in such high regard, Scholesy has to go down as one of the most humble and most talented players of any generation, I ❤️ Paul Scholes, and I really miss him, we won't see another footballer like him for a very long time.
All the clips there show the brilliant finishes and passing but what made him so special was his football brain. He just completely ran football games, that's what helps you win titles. They could win and get draws without getting out of second gear.
Scholes never spoke never shout and never doing silly and unnecessary thing, but the way he play only positive thing to the team plus he is intelligent strong and skillfull
it amazes me how he gets compared to gerrard and lampard when the real comparison is zidan,pirlo,xavi,iniesta,modric that is where scholes name belongs
@@ChristopherMarfleet You are forgiven, as a United fan I find myself watching Thierry Henrie from time to time, the best Left winger in the premier League imo. No offense Giggsy.
A very underrated player in one additional department is his willingness and ability to adapt and to fit. He’s able to play almost anywhere, and as anyone
Competing in an era of many legendary midfielders, he is the best. We're talking about Gerrard, Lampard, Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta, Vieira... here. Scholes has it all.
Scholes was a maestro,'I must admit.' All rhe others were good in many other ways! However, they've all won the best trophies! Apart from Zidane, who has won WC and Pirlo and viera, and xavi!
@@Ramps-rc9iy They as in Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes were all better at certain things. Rio did a good take on it. Scholes literally doesn't care. The foreign players give their opinion with no bias.
@@Ramps-rc9iy learn the difference between opinions and facts. that's your opinion, but almost all of the foreign players who played with/against scholes/gerrard/lampard picked scholes. them picking scholes above other players is FACT.
@@RedHeadRGR No it’s not fact at all, I could reel off countless times players past and present have said Gerrard was the complete midfielder, it was zidane who said Gerrard was the best midfielder in world football and one of the best players in the world, say what you want but to discredit Gerrard is you being salty, typical rag though.
@@timhorrocks3515I don't think us regular folk know what players like Zidane use to classify the best midfielder in the world😊 Scholes was definitely up there....90% of his goals were from outside the box😮
@@joshuahutelian2018 Don’t be a silly boy Joshua, Gerrard stood out in a 💩 Liverpool team, Zidane, Inniesta, Busquets, Henry and Xavi ALL said Scholes was the BEST that they EVER saw, I know that you have a sense of loyalty but don’t talk 💩 bcos of it bcos you are so wrong my friend .
He scores goals, he's Paul scholes, Mumufmufc ok, watched home and away through out the 80s, 90s, 2000s simply the greatest midfielder of his generation, the 🐐
You had your pirlos and iniestas making the game look elegent.....then you had paul scholes....rough....rugged...and the best the world has and will ever see!!! The game misses you scholesy!
@@magicfc1000 well thats what other channels do. we dont care why your videos are worse, we care that your videos are worse. and youre making scholes look bad by making videos like this, sorry if thats harsh but its true and everyone else reading this if you want a real scholes video you should watch ajcompshd scholes videos
2:01 The score at the top knew Scholes had scored before he even touched the ball. What's more impressive is, Scholes is outside the box and nobody, at any time thinks, "Why's Scholes unmarked?"
I just wanted to watch some scholes nostalgia , but zidane was referring to the genius how he read the game , his 40 50 yard pin point passes either foot anywhere , not even zidane could do that , timing , choices, his tackles were the worst but kinda funny , pele even well any stiker would say yea with him id score so many more goals. Xavi iniesta all of em are behind scholesy , and if had a little more pace that woulda been frightening and 1 more.thing since 17 consistency 😊wow decades #legend
People act like Scholes was some sort of underappreciated gem, he played for the best team in Europe for his whole career, this video could easily be a Zidane compliation with the title why Scholes respected Zidane. Zidane was better than Scholes but it's not like they were in completely different brackets, they were peers.
UA-cam is great. But it will never capture the brilliance of Paul Scholes. There's a brute force and goals of Steven Gerrard, skill and joy of Ronaldinho, Zidane's insane control and forward play, Rui Costa's unpredictability and grace... But a vision Scholes had and how he controlled all 21 players around him is beyond one clip on here. Sure, there are goals and passes. You had to see the build up.
That 3rd goal in the video against villa - 😮 Oooooh lawd!!! Also, i forget which 1 it was, but that one shot the ball doesn't spin it nothing just dead ball moving. And 90% of these were outside the box😅😅😅😅
@nasrulfauzi Scholes came out of retirement because he missed playing. He was involved with the reserves & trained with them. He approached Sir Alex regarding this, if Utd didn’t want him then he’d go somewhere else. Within 15 minutes Sir Alex was on the phone to David Gill regarding a contract.
Scholes was a brilliant in his prime, but because he's english & played for mu, doesn't get the respect he deserves, it seems only after he retired he gets lauded, some of them goals omg, if a Brazilian or argentine, or Spanish etc, scored goals like that, certain people say omg, world class, English players do it, & it's like very good goal or he was lucky, it pisses me off when this happens, just because someone is a certain nationality, does not automatically mean they are great footballers,
Scholes is the underrated GOAT midfielder. He got both defense and attacking skill, tackle, long shot, free kick, dribble, header, corner, long pass everything. If Alan Shearer is the back bone for Newcastle, Scholes is the back bone for Man Utd. Once he retire the whole team collapse.
Scholes is very good at tackling opponent especially to stop opponent key players. He is the predator on the pitch. If Im a football manager, I would sign a midfielder who can tackle rather than these days Man Utd players, all the Midfielders are being the victim for opponent team.
Of course he wasn't the best of all,Zidane and the others has so much respect in him, they all said that out of big respect towards him.he was something in his time...the best England players,yes he belongs with the same levels with Duncan Edwards,Sir Bobby.
La gente habla hoy en dia habla de Toni Kroos como si fuese un jugador único en su estilo, cuando décadas atrás jugó alguien con las mismas características, e inclusive con más habilidades que él, obviamente me refiero a Paul Scholes.
Pele: “If he was playing with me, I would have scored so many more."
Zinedine Zidane: “My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder."
Luis Figo: “I’m star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can’t catch him. Off the pitch he disappear.”
Xavi: “In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen - the most complete - is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesn’t give possession away. If he had been Spanish then maybe he would have been valued more."
Patrick Vieira: “The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy - Scholes."
Lionel Messi: “At La Masia his name was mentioned a lot. He’s a teacher."
Roy Keane: “An amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being."
Laurent Blanc: “I tell anyone who asks me - Scholes is the best English player."
Pirlo: “The truly great English midfield player of the generation. Didn’t just play the game, he thought about the game. You could see every pass, every decision, was based on his intelligence and understanding."
Thierry Henry: “I can’t understand why Scholes has never won the player of the year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t seek the limelight like some of the other ‘stars’."
Pep Guardiola: “Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes, he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would had loved to play alongside him."
Cesc Fabregas: “He is the one whose level I aspire to. He is the best player in the Premier League."
Dimitar Berbatov: “Nobody else can play the way Paul Scholes does."
Sir Alex Ferguson: “I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He’s got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn’t a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.”
Paul Scholes was the GOAT! 🐐
What other player has the likes of Zidane, Xavi, Figo, Pele, Pep Guardiola, Viera and a host of other excellent players from every decade, talk about them in such high regard, Scholesy has to go down as one of the most humble and most talented players of any generation, I ❤️ Paul Scholes, and I really miss him, we won't see another footballer like him for a very long time.
Overrated
@theepicdevil7892 your deluded, or jealous, his medals say otherwise
... and now the man himself says that Kobbie is better than he was at that age... No pressure then 😬🥵
@@theepicdevil7892 Your Mums overrated .
All the clips there show the brilliant finishes and passing but what made him so special was his football brain.
He just completely ran football games, that's what helps you win titles. They could win and get draws without getting out of second gear.
Yes, his positioning was so good I remember several matches I wouldn't even watch the ball, I'd watch Scholes.
The respect he has from all the other great players of that time tells you everything.
Scholes never spoke never shout and never doing silly and unnecessary thing, but the way he play only positive thing to the team plus he is intelligent strong and skillfull
The Legend. The best midfielder in the history of football". That's all what needs to be said. Scholesy, MU misses players like you❤
One of my all time favourite Midfielder in the World Paul Scholes.
Grew up with him. Greatest midfielder ever and such a humble local lad.
Yes, the real howitzer
it amazes me how he gets compared to gerrard and lampard when the real comparison is zidan,pirlo,xavi,iniesta,modric that is where scholes name belongs
@@AR-q8z😂 👀😂
Paul Scholes was so special, and one of the greatest midfielders of all time, if not the greatest. Absolutely genius. A legend of the game.
Thank you for acknowledging
@@magicfc1000 pls do a short pass compilation for Scholes.
As a arsenal fan I shouldn’t be watching the best midfielder of all time hammering world class goals in for Man U
@@ChristopherMarfleet You are forgiven, as a United fan I find myself watching Thierry Henrie from time to time, the best Left winger in the premier League imo. No offense Giggsy.
People need to chill a bit. One of the greatest, yes, not in goat conversation.😊
The best football player in the world 🌍 Paul scholes,I respect him ❤
This was a fantastic, great guy
A very underrated player in one additional department is his willingness and ability to adapt and to fit. He’s able to play almost anywhere, and as anyone
He was so rated.
Competing in an era of many legendary midfielders, he is the best. We're talking about Gerrard, Lampard, Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta, Vieira... here. Scholes has it all.
Scholes was a maestro,'I must admit.' All rhe others were good in many other ways! However, they've all won the best trophies! Apart from Zidane, who has won WC and Pirlo and viera, and xavi!
Gerrard was way better FACT.
@@Ramps-rc9iy They as in Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes were all better at certain things. Rio did a good take on it. Scholes literally doesn't care. The foreign players give their opinion with no bias.
@@Ramps-rc9iy learn the difference between opinions and facts. that's your opinion, but almost all of the foreign players who played with/against scholes/gerrard/lampard picked scholes. them picking scholes above other players is FACT.
@@RedHeadRGR No it’s not fact at all, I could reel off countless times players past and present have said Gerrard was the complete midfielder, it was zidane who said Gerrard was the best midfielder in world football and one of the best players in the world, say what you want but to discredit Gerrard is you being salty, typical rag though.
Rooney Cr7 and even Carrick learned from him... After playing alongside him their game changed completely
Long shots are a beauty that we don't get enough of today in United.
To be fair thinking about it volleys in general are rare these days
United players take plenty of long shots. They just all end up in Row G 😂
my heart beats differntly watching these old scholes clips
You wonder if we shall ever have such players with us
Zidane was once asked by an interviewer, how does it feel to be the best midfielder in the world??
Zizu's reply was: Ask paul scholes
Very modest answer from ZZ. He was miles better than Scholes
@@timhorrocks3515 Zidane was more like delicate and entertaining player. Scholes was the most intelligent and complete midfilder of that era.
Why @timhorrocks3515 why miles better
@@timhorrocks3515I don't think us regular folk know what players like Zidane use to classify the best midfielder in the world😊
Scholes was definitely up there....90% of his goals were from outside the box😮
Remembre what sir alex saussaie about Zidane « give me Zidane and ten planes of wood……..
never get bored of watching that goal against villa. He was so well balanced he stayed on one foot for about 10mins
10 minutes? 🤣🤣
@@magicfc1000 10 minutes would be something 😃. maybe watched a practice heh
Xavi, Inniesta, Busquets and Zidane were all asked who was the BEST midfielder that they EVER saw ??? Everyone of them said SCHOLES !!! .
That is very true. I didn't hear it but many people have said, so it should be true
No, ZIDANE SAID ABOUT GERRARD.not Scholes STOP ✋ SPREADING THOSE LIES 😂😂😂
@@joshuahutelian2018no one’s biting that bait
@@joshuahutelian2018 Don’t be a silly boy Joshua, Gerrard stood out in a 💩 Liverpool team, Zidane, Inniesta, Busquets, Henry and Xavi ALL said Scholes was the BEST that they EVER saw, I know that you have a sense of loyalty but don’t talk 💩 bcos of it bcos you are so wrong my friend .
That’s bull💩……
Only showing his goals is a disservice to him, the goals were probably 10% of his game. Immense player.
I'm working on his passing
you're right but showing all he did would probably require like a 3 hour video? lol
@@magicfc1000you can probably start with his assists, start with the scoop pass if you will, please!
Thanks a bunch for the content..
@@magicfc1000 You'll never get it. Too may games, too many moments. You had to be there... It's like trying to describe a bird mid-flight.
He scores goals, he's Paul scholes, Mumufmufc ok, watched home and away through out the 80s, 90s, 2000s simply the greatest midfielder of his generation, the 🐐
I think Most of his goals were outside the 18yard box. What a player he was
Good old days, good old football😢
Everything was beautiful
It really was so much better back then. Game is so flat and soulless by comparison. Very low risk football these days.
Amazing the number of goals scored from 18+ yards. Underrated by casuals, but respected by his peers. Maybe MUFC greatest player ever.
Top 5 for sure. Ronaldo Rooney cantona giggs and him
Nobody strikes the ball better than Scholes. He didn't play for the camera otherwise he would have been more famous n respected
Thats very true. Agreed
@@profesamaros6555 Gerrard says hold my beer.
@@Ramps-rc9iyand Gerrard slips afterwards!
@@oluseyiamoo9792 All round better player than scholes, ginger only scored 1 goal more than Gerrard after making 100 more appearances for his club.
@@Ramps-rc9iylol just ignore the prem leagues scholes won hey...
If the ball's on target...Its going in..,simple😂😂😂😂❤❤❤SCHOLES THE GOAT...KDB DOESN'T GET NEAR HIM
Chiiiill too much
What to argue about if WE love soccer? The answers were given by these best professionals of Scholesy time.
Respect 🙏🙏🙏
Movement like Iniesta..
Shot like Ronaldo..
Brilliant mind like Modric..
He was Scholes.
He was many players compressed to be one
You had your pirlos and iniestas making the game look elegent.....then you had paul scholes....rough....rugged...and the best the world has and will ever see!!! The game misses you scholesy!
Without doubt the best player for Manchester United in sir Alex Ferguson's days. Proper player.
I have no doubt
Best player in the last 50 years
Scholesy knew how to crack a ball
You've shown his goals. Which is good work. But he had so much more that he did, could do, did.
A peer level player.
There are no stats for those moments, I need to watch all his games 90mins each and cut those clips. It will take me a year
@@magicfc1000 well thats what other channels do. we dont care why your videos are worse, we care that your videos are worse. and youre making scholes look bad by making videos like this, sorry if thats harsh but its true
and everyone else reading this if you want a real scholes video you should watch ajcompshd scholes videos
scholes is the most underrated CM in history - from a mcfc fan
He deserved once ball,on d or..
Very underrated player.
It's depressing what we use to be and the players cared, now look where we are and the babies we have at the club😢😢
My most favourite player in United 👍🏻
Fans favourites for many years
Scholes is one of my all time FAVOURITE players..............
One of our legends ✊
One of the great player in MU
If not the greatest
He was a great player
2:01 The score at the top knew Scholes had scored before he even touched the ball.
What's more impressive is, Scholes is outside the box and nobody, at any time thinks, "Why's Scholes unmarked?"
Positioning...and watching the players who were assigned to mark you...
Paul SCHOLES THE MASTER.
When football becomes an art !
best player all of time
Master of kicking it in on the volley.
🔥🔥
It’s not the wonder strikes - it’s the control and poise he operates with on the ball through his passing range.
I just wanted to watch some scholes nostalgia , but zidane was referring to the genius how he read the game , his 40 50 yard pin point passes either foot anywhere , not even zidane could do that , timing , choices, his tackles were the worst but kinda funny , pele even well any stiker would say yea with him id score so many more goals. Xavi iniesta all of em are behind scholesy , and if had a little more pace that woulda been frightening and 1 more.thing since 17 consistency 😊wow decades #legend
I miss these days as a man utd fan :(
There are few players who came back from retirement to really positively impact their team's results. Two of them are in this video's title.
Wow, thanks for that critical analysis and acknowledgement
Scholes was absolutely ridiculous, id bet he could still give 20 minutes. There's a reason united won loads and he's one of the main reasons
He got the endorsement of the peak Barcelona midfield and Pep too. That's wild.
Magnificent 18.... legend.....
Watch these goals everyday top player scholsey
Some players are revered in their own time, others are revered for all time.
Вот смотришь и глаза радуются. Красава)
誰不希望擁有史高斯在自己陣中，攻守都非常好，遠程炮，硬朗防守.串連前線，較炮，視野廣闊，非常有用的好球員
These united players back in the day were like super human
His play his on point
Wat a playa he was..n wat a team united was..
THOSE WERE THE DAYS ❤️✨💫🎖️😉🫡🤗💯💯🌍❤️🌍
People act like Scholes was some sort of underappreciated gem, he played for the best team in Europe for his whole career, this video could easily be a Zidane compliation with the title why Scholes respected Zidane. Zidane was better than Scholes but it's not like they were in completely different brackets, they were peers.
UA-cam is great. But it will never capture the brilliance of Paul Scholes. There's a brute force and goals of Steven Gerrard, skill and joy of Ronaldinho, Zidane's insane control and forward play, Rui Costa's unpredictability and grace... But a vision Scholes had and how he controlled all 21 players around him is beyond one clip on here. Sure, there are goals and passes. You had to see the build up.
Grandmaster Class!
That 3rd goal in the video against villa - 😮
Oooooh lawd!!!
Also, i forget which 1 it was, but that one shot the ball doesn't spin it nothing just dead ball moving.
And 90% of these were outside the box😅😅😅😅
V middlesboro
Right foot, Left foot = Goal.
That goal against villa oh my days
He's that one and only player who's returned after retirement because Ferguson cannot find the same quality to replace him.
@nasrulfauzi Scholes came out of retirement because he missed playing. He was involved with the reserves & trained with them. He approached Sir Alex regarding this, if Utd didn’t want him then he’d go somewhere else. Within 15 minutes Sir Alex was on the phone to David Gill regarding a contract.
Zidane returned for France
Today, few could score those long shot goals the way Paul Scholes did.
Very true
Scholes was a brilliant in his prime, but because he's english & played for mu, doesn't get the respect he deserves, it seems only after he retired he gets lauded, some of them goals omg, if a Brazilian or argentine, or Spanish etc, scored goals like that, certain people say omg, world class, English players do it, & it's like very good goal or he was lucky, it pisses me off when this happens, just because someone is a certain nationality, does not automatically mean they are great footballers,
The goal against Aston villa is so sick, you should never see that goal again in your life
🤣🤣👏
When Scholesy hits it, it stays hit!!
🤣✅
Моя футболка МЮ N18,была и остаётся любимой!
Scholes > Gerrard > Lampard
In that order
Rumor has it, with the goals that he scored, x10 of the were missed. Nice stats bro.
I dint think so 😂
Question: "Who's the first player you build a team around"...Paul Scholes
They don’t make them like they used to GOAT
his power is no joke
The sweetest striker of a football that's ever been
♥️✅
I was at most of these games, we were so spoiled. If someone did even an eighth of this in recent years at United we'd be going mad bigging them up.
Am certain that United will never get a player like him (Paul) in all spheres
"With Scholes on the pitch, it's like playing with the lights on."
Scholes only scored Bangers.
Scholes is the underrated GOAT midfielder. He got both defense and attacking skill, tackle, long shot, free kick, dribble, header, corner, long pass everything. If Alan Shearer is the back bone for Newcastle, Scholes is the back bone for Man Utd. Once he retire the whole team collapse.
He couldn't tackle. All his teammates said so.
He was the worst tackler I've ever seen what you on about 😆 fouled every time
Scholes is very good at tackling opponent especially to stop opponent key players. He is the predator on the pitch. If Im a football manager, I would sign a midfielder who can tackle rather than these days Man Utd players, all the Midfielders are being the victim for opponent team.
His tackling was very effective…just not legal 😂
I don-t know how he did it but he was always able to find space to work in
Paul Scholes scores goals
We’re is this man Paul coby needs you
Genius!!
Absolutely
That Solksjaer pass at 1:36 man
Paul scholes spesialist x + □
One of my favourite!
All people's favourite
I have been a fan 42 years, my ultimate favourite. Best player I’ve seen live in last 30 years.
5:37, slow motion, fell like UFO force the ball down =))
👏😥
How many goals he scored from outside the box
Very many
Great player
Great indeed
Of course he wasn't the best of all,Zidane and the others has so much respect in him, they all said that out of big respect towards him.he was something in his time...the best England players,yes he belongs with the same levels with Duncan Edwards,Sir Bobby.
Now I see why Pogba had no chance in that team at the time.
Hahaa, Pogba was so young
both strong foot
سكولز نجم لا يعوض
I agree 💯
La gente habla hoy en dia habla de Toni Kroos como si fuese un jugador único en su estilo, cuando décadas atrás jugó alguien con las mismas características, e inclusive con más habilidades que él, obviamente me refiero a Paul Scholes.
I agree 💯 with you
Sir Alex: Scholes please comeback, united need u (2013)
He did them all the time in tight areas to get away from players, great feet
Natural talent
I don't when United will have another aggressive players like these. And i don't know if the modern united players watch these videos.
Possibly the best english player.