Paul Scholes....
Nama yang tidak asing bagi Manchester United Football Club...676 penampilan, 150 gol, memenangi 10 medal juara Liga Perdana Inggeris (EPL), 2 medal juara Liga Juara-Juara Eropah, 3 medal FA Cup, 2 medal juara Carling Cup dan 5 medal juara Community Shield sudah cukup menggambarkan yang Paul Scholes adalah salah satu lagenda bagi Manchester United...
Disanjung diseluruh dunia, dibawah adalah beberapa petikan kata-kata daripada beberapa orang pemain, pengurus dan personaliti bola sepak diseluruh dunia mengenai Paul Scholes...
Xabi Alonso
“Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount. To me Paul is a role model. He is the best midfielder I’ve seen in the last 15 or 20 years.”
Dimitar Berbatov
“Nobody else in the world can play the way Scholes does. The passes he produces all over the field and the way he changes the game is brilliant. Every manager would like him. But luckily he is here and playing with us. Paul practices that all the time. When he has finished training he always goes out and shoots.”
George Best
“The boy can play”
Laurent Blanc
“I tell anyone who asks me – Scholes is the best English player. At Manchester United I saw what he can do and all I could say is wow.”
Nicky Butt
“In my opinion he’s up there with the top three or four players to play for United.”
Micheal Carrick
“Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.”
Sir Bobby Charlton
“Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.”
Pat Crerand
“What a player Paul is. Everything about him is just perfect.”
Edgar Davids
“Every one of us is just trying to become as good as him. Everyone can learn from Paul Scholes”
Cesc Fabregas
“He is the one whose level I aspire to. He is the best player in the Premier League.”
Rio Ferdinand
“Paul Scholes, aka Sat Nav, went from a scoring midfielder to a dictator of the game (changed his game while still at top of the game). Genius.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
“He’s one of the great players to come through the ranks here.”
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 disappears.”
Darren Fletcher
“We won’t ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer’s life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it”
Ryan Giggs
“I have played with some great players during my time at United but I would have to put Paul Scholes down as the best.”
Pep Guardiola
“He is the best midfielder of his generation. I would have loved to have played alongside him.”
Eidur Gudjohnsen
“Scholes is one of the most complete footballers I’ve ever seen. His one-touch play is phenomenal. Whenever I have played against him, I never felt I could get close to him.”
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’.”
Jordan Henderson
“Sad to hear of Paul Scholes retirement! One of the best midfielders to grace the Premiership! Idolised him for years! Legend.”
Glenn Hoddle
“There isn’t a player of his mould anywhere in the world.”
Roy Keane
“No celebrity bullshit, no self promotion – an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being.”
Bryan Kidd
“Paul Scholes had the best football brain I’d ever seen in a kid. Let’s face it. Paul Scholes is in a class of its own.”
Denis Law
“He’s the best all-round. A joy to watch.”
Marcello Lippi
“Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team.”
Diego Maradonna
“His technique is unique.”
Lionel Messi
“At La Masia, his name was mentioned a lot. He’s a teacher.”
Jose Mourinho
“Why isn’t he playing for England? It is crazy. Only in England. Scholes is a great, great player. So experienced and still, for me, one of the best in the world in midfield. Manchester United are lucky to have him.”
Samir Nasri
“Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, great player, world class player, the English Zizou.”
Gary Neville
“I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.”
Phil Neville
“Paul, for me, is the best player in the England team. It worries teams. Speak to any other international team and they will single Paul out as England’s key player. For me, he doesn’t get the full credit that he deserves. He is a world-class player and deserves to be up there with the likes of Zidane and Figo.”
Gary Pallister
“When you talk about the greats of Manchester United, he’s up there with Georgie Best, Bryan Robson, Ryan Giggs and Bobby Charlton just purely for the amount of medals that he’s won, he’s going to be greatly missed by Manchester United.”
Pele
“If he was playing with me, I would score so many more.”
Gerard Pique
“One of the best players I’ve ever seen in my life! Spectacular on training!! Playing with him was a joy!”
Carlos Quieroz
“When Scholes is in the team, it’s like playing with the lights switched on”
Ronaldinho
“I want to pass like him. Who taught him how to do that?”
Cristiano Ronaldo
“Scholes is the best i’ve played with and he helped me a lot when I was young. He’s amazing.”
Wayne Rooney
“The best player I’ve played with or against.”
Guiseppe Rossi
“One of the greats in his position has retired. Was an honor playing with Paul Scholes.. RespectForALegend”
Wayne Routledge
“Possibly the best midfielder the Prem has seen…”
Robbie Savage
“Seriously legend is overused but Scholesy is a legend, end of!”
Andriy Schevchenko
“They have two of the world’s best young players in Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, but the player who most impresses me is Paul Scholes. He is United’s most important player, he makes most things happen on the field.”
Alan Shearer
“If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.”
Danny Simpson
“Paul Scholes the legend, best footballer I’ve ever witnessed in real life! Fact”
Gareth Southgate
“Paul Scholes deserves all the accolades he will get on his retirement,most gifted English player of his generation & humble with it. Legend”
Gordon Strachan
“He can score goals, hit crossfield passes, play one-twos, beat people and win headers in the opponents’ box, so if you take that whole package I don’t think I’ve seen anybody as consistent – and he’s been doing that for 10 or 11 years.”
Terry Vennables
“He’s the best one- or two-touch passer in the country. He sees the game unlike any other player.”
Patrick Viera
“The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy – Scholes”
Jack Wilshere
“Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, what a player! Top class and a great role model for any young English midfield player!”
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.”
Zinedine Zidane
“My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get.’”
