რა ოზილი აი რატო
კიდე კაი იშვიათად შემოვდივარ
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."
Xavi
"A role model. For me, and I really mean this, he's the best central midfielder I've seen in the last 15, 20 years. He's spectacular, he has it all, the last pass, goals, he's strong, he doesn't lose the ball, vision. If he'd been Spanish he might have been rated more highly. Players love him."
Lippi
"Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team."
Alonso (post playing with Gerrard)
"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."
Messi
"At La Masia, his name was mentioned a lot. He’s a teacher."
Or Figo, or Guardiola, or Ronaldinho, or the many other players/managers who have all explicitly noted Scholes as one of the, if not the, best midfielder of his generation.
Possibly the two most telling quotes about him, which reflect on the state on the English game and explain how this poll is even being taken seriously (which would only happen in England - try it in Spain and see how many people don't start laughing at the question), come from:
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’."
and 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."
ოზილზე ვინმე ნიგერიელი ბავშვი მაინც რო იტყვის რამე მსგავსს, დამტაგეთ
This post has been edited by mancunia89 on 25 Sep 2018, 22:49 
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