Paul Scholes’ 18 Questions with Gary Neville | Overlap Xtra 

Zero ego? Did u miss the bit about him refusing to play bcos he was left out 1 game?? 😂😂 Love Scholesy but no players at that level have zero ego mate

@Glenn F. It’s completely his ego lol let’s not be silly. It was his ego telling him I’m not playing with the reserves & kids im way too good for that. Come on now

Zero ego???

@Glenn F. Can’t really be stubborn in this context without an Ego behind it haha but yeah no worries. All top players have egos tbh it’s a necessary trait for an elite athlete tbh.

@M LOOSE fair point, but you have to have little ego to make it to those levels

Wicked gesture don’t seem to have many of them types but absolutely amazing midfielder

U lucky man. Hes my idol also. Love him

Hey bro. KEEP IT SAFE… bcos itll likely be an opportunity that never happen again…. and Paul Scholes will never happen again either

I did the same with bryan Robson when I was a kid in the 80’s , I also got a signed photo, don’t know where it is but was a great morning receiving that letter from my hero

a good lad

this is prime example enough^ getting the most minimal love from out arch rivals thsnks to Scholsey 😛

Bites his daughter's toe nails

I bet you’ve never been to old Trafford

​@charlie lad she's fit, can't be him

A totally irrelevant unknown player out of England

@C. B. Ultracrepidarian. Look up the word, it perfectly describes you, someone who comments on something they have no knowledge or clue about :D

@C. B. i played in Portugal and the English player, anybody i asked over there, rated the highest, was Scholes. People in other countries, with a different football culture, rated scholes higher than English people did.

Neville is reaping, Scholes, not so much................

Im a city fan and its a great interview. (Easy now city and lpool doing so much better than united now right 😂)

Liverpool fan simping over mancs... yeah defo from south London or Birmingham

@jon c Liverpool?

Out of England nobody knows him.

@C. B. you are joking lol

@C. B. That's why Xavi... Zidane... R9.... Edgar Davids etc all classed him as the best midfielder in the world.

We might of had more chance of winning silverware with England if Sven didn’t throw him out on the left to accommodate the other central midfield players i understand that area was stacked with proper players but they took the piss with scholesy also part of why he retired internationally

Not true at all. In fact in my lifetime there’s been at least 4 spurs midfielders better than Scholes.

Same here, they were just brilliant ❤

Also Guardiola and Raul ranked Scholes as one of the best in that time

I was surprised to hear him say he didn’t consider himself built to be a footballer when he’s so highly thought of by his peers.

@Vive La Résistance He means physically. You knew at school who the natural athletes and footballers were, they used to play most of the sports and were decent at all of them. I think he means he was one of the kids who never in a million years looked like a future professional sportsman.

No point in writing my own comment after what you said. Spot on.

Dry wit, slightly grumpy and humble, you basically just described the north of England hahaha

@Lewis no point in writing my own comment either after what you put, lol spot on, but still wouldn't swap anything "Up North" for the South, rude and arrogant people, and extortionate prices, no thank you very much, UTB gimmie your high unemployment and ingrained depression anyday lol

@Lee Thistlewaite gods country mate, gods fkn country

Humility amd pure honesty.. true legend. England was blessed to have him.

Scholes was ok. That era was acceptable. But the current era is the best. We have Maguire now, far more entertaining. A better playmaker than Scholes, that's for sure.

​@Seramics maguire a better player than ginger think you need to lay off the hard stuff

No you are actually saying that because you are a man united fan

All of this is media trained out of the players from a young age so the HR and marketing people are happy. It kills individualism. But you see the treatment rashford got for talking for himself and the effect that had on his game. They walk a tightrope more scrutinised than politicians

Dunno why nev was laughing

Absolutely. Such an icon.

not brilliant ,the best

He was our Messi…..

You're watching a football related clip of 2 footballers. Yeah, not remotely interested in football 😴

I love Scholes's signature tackle 😂

Yeah he was amazing but Keane was the key man in that era, Utd haven't had anyone like that for a while, we had Vidic and Rio for a while but they weren't anywhere close to Keanes level of leadership

not big and cheese enough to be mainstream. (And upsetting the Abu’s of course….)

ah what ah dextur

I agree but if you listen to him talk about current player's these days as a pundit you can tell his standards are high and that he's no stranger to high expectations

Nobody assumes that, and I'm not a man united fan

Overrated

Steady Ramzy, you'd think Rooney, Shearer, and Kane were all bus drivers with the above comment lol

Gazza?

so good he never received a single ballon d'or nomination, never even voted player lf the year for his club by his team mates, incredible hyperbole here.

Glen hoddle. By a mile !!

@Shane Madden way better than Gerard and lampard ever where just look at what all the greats say about him zidane pirlo xavi etc list goes on

Probably best midfielder ever along with xavi and zidane

@Jinzo 😂

@Lukey Chadders you some nobody is laughing but the two players he just mentioned xavi and Zidane said scholes was the best they’d ever seen

@Comp no they didn’t

@Comp just to reply to you on this subject of players being asked about teammates and opposition players by journos in interviews. Zidane also said that David Beckham pirlo seedorf Edgar David's Deschamps where best midfielders he played with or against. Xavi: xavi also said that inesta was the best midfielder he too mentioned zidane seedorf and Guardiola believe it or not as the best midfielders. If utd fans or whatever want to believe scholes was the best midfielder of all time that's thier prerogative however wrong it clearly is but you have the right as do others to laugh at that suggestion .

Doesn’t he bite his daughters toe nails

Did you not watch the video? Lol he literally talks about how he wasn't a model professional lol

Same here mate, big arsenal fan. Scholes was an amazing player.

Ahead of Keane or Veria, even Paul Ince????????

"One of the"

@Matthew Doyle miles better than Paul Ince. Isn’t even close. Zidane said it best when asked what it’s like to be the best player in the world - “ask Paul Scholes”.

@Matthew Doyle not same positions... Zidane was more of a 10, in majority of his career...

@Anish L Paul also played as a number 10. However we're not comparing rather just saying he was good

Nah to be fair you don’t get many players who chew their daughters toes anymore

@Joseph united class of 92 all turned out to be proper sound guys didn’t they😂 classy club united 🤣

Think it was fergie setting the standards

This is so funny, laughed out so loud 🤣

A semi-pro footballer could have done that back then pal

@Mike H yet here you are sitting on your couch with popcorn on your lap commenting anyone could’ve done that. Yeah sure pal why don’t you go and do it 😂

@Mike H which premier league team were you playing for at the time Mike? I forget you now if I’m honest but it’s been a while.

@Mike H Is Hunt your surname by any chance?

If England just played Scholes and Carrick in the middle (and put Lampard and Gerrard on the bench) they might just had. Saying this as a fellow Arsenal fan. Edit. Maybe id put Stevie G at RB ahead of Gary eh

@Peter Burlin i firmly believe England could have went further if it was not for Brazil in 02, simply to good and in 04. But after that, each and every coach had no balance, threw all the big names in there because they were stars and hoped for the best. I see No problem with leaving Gerrard and Lampard on the bench, Scholes imo was better than both controlling the pace, unfortunately all the coaches post Svennis was not able to get the best out of him. But to be fair also, i strongly believe that there were harder to face nations that england had to face post groupstage back then, than what it is now. Nothing to be ashamed of, but i felt that Scholes reputation would have been higher if England had managed a final or even won it, that is why a % wont give him the status of likes such as Pirlo, Zidane, Xavi, maybe Modrics.

Who writes these questions too 😂

Admitting he spooned it against barca 😂

“u mean all of those lovely titles that LFC were photographed with…..” 😹

Shame that Scholes didn't like super heroes. I was hoping he was going to choose Bullshit Man.

I thought the same😂

So true

Ikr, i like where did i remember seeing this kind of grumpy demeanor before?

There is a beautiful simplicity about them both. I've never liked the use of the word 'simple' to mean stupid or slow-minded because to me it means someone who is straightforward, honest and down to earth. I love people like that.

I know right. Calling a Golazo a miss kick. And you know well he’s not boasting about it. He’s above all that

typical Scholes he never gives himself credit for anything. so humble

My favourite goal too lol kinda ruined it just bit but still a belter

I think because he sliced it, he may have been aiming for the opposite corner

It was! He sliced it, I love how humble Scholes is 👌🏽

...and I'm loving watching these two after our win against Leeds today !!

Zidane was unarguably the best CAM in 1990s and 2000s.

Most important goal he scored against Barca and he just says 'Mis-kick'

@Prateek Chauhan Zidane ‘unarguably’ the best cam? He was a world cup merchant

@Jack Davies-Downes you mad bro?? 🧐🧐🧐

@Prateek Chauhan No I’m not mad. Zidane did bits for France and had some class moments. But name a consistent period of time in which he performed every single name? Players like Scholes had brilliant moments alongside great flashes such as the Barca goal. Players like Zidane only have those flashes like the volley but that’s what they get remembered for which makes us remember them being better than they actually were. Scholes was consistent for united for years and was part of a football domination, Zidane never had that- go look at the stats and come back. Not to mention the fact that Zidane never even touched the premier league

no never…. ever. in such a stupid crumbling world

He wasn’t that good.Spurs have had at least 4 better midfielders than Scholes

​​@The John Cooper Show haha better than Scholes, are u real. And I'm an arsenal fan.🤣🤣

@David Rees luka Modric is a joke to you?

"as a Manc bin dipper" that's what your meant to be saying mate.😂

He's still pretty good

Nothing to do with being at his peak he always had ability just he could never stay fit that was only bad thing about him

He was at his peak but he was always injured

@Karl Meadowshe was at his peak at Fulham

Tell me about it! In awe of that genius ginger.

…then they shall never bear witness, what with how ever many hundred vids u cud watch on youtube

When the opposition fans clap you know you've seen something special. Moments like that stick forever

Really was best midfielder England has ever seen

Brilliant. I remember the Brazilian Ronaldo getting an ovation at Old Trafford when subbed after his hat trick. Will always remember being there.

That’s his best goal for me

It looks like the English public are very respectful when it comes to these interviews but if I was on vacation in England and saw these two Legends walking about I will lose my shit.

Frankie de Jong is better

@Alex Belotti Stop taking drugs 😂

@TheMusicfan189 Aguerooooooo

@Hussey 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Isn't it mad all that talent at Utd and people claim it doesn't help him look better. All that talent, so much of it that the fans and players never, ever, voted for him as their best player. Rose tinted glasses on. Some serious cognitive dissonance amongst Utd fans. The palpable copium on display is desperate.