{"id":346833,"date":"2025-11-01T01:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346833\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:10:16","slug":"paul-scholes-thinks-he-played-with-iconic-former-man-utd-midfielder-who-was-even-better-than-george-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346833\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes thinks he played with iconic former Man Utd midfielder who was even better than George Best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former England midfielder Paul Scholes has thrown his full backing behind one Manchester United legend ahead of George Best in his ultimate Red Devils XI.<\/strong><\/p>\n

George Best is widely regarded as one of the best Manchester United<\/a> players of all time and immortalised his footballing legacy with the Red Devils at Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of United\u2019s famed No 7s<\/a>, the Northern Irishman came through the United youth academy<\/a> and successfully climbed into the Red Devils first-team<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n

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Best lifted two First Division titles with the Red Devils and also captured the European Cup in 1968 under legendary former United manager<\/a> Sir Matt Busby.<\/p>\n

The former United star\u2019s exploits at club level earned Best the prestigious Ballon d\u2019Or award after the Red Devils\u2019 European Cup final triumph over Benfica.<\/p>\n

Best, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 59, became part of United\u2019s famed \u2018Holy Trinity\u2019 alongside fellow club legends Sir Bobby Charlton<\/a> and Denis Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"FormerPhoto by Chris Brunskill\/Getty Images Paul Scholes\u2019 admiration for Sir David Beckham is shown amid choosing between Man Utd legend and George Best<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Scholes<\/a> followed in the same footsteps as George Best by going through the ranks of the Manchester United youth academy before breaking into the first team.<\/p>\n

Joining the 50-year-old former United midfielder in the Red Devils\u2019 youth set-up was none other than Sir David Beckham<\/a>, who enjoyed a prolific spell at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Both Scholes and Sir David Beckham are key members of United\u2019s famed \u2018Class of \u201892\u2019<\/a> who became real stars under iconic former manager Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scholes appeared on Icons\u2019 TikTok account and the United legend<\/a> was asked to name his ultimate United XI, with Beckham going up against Best in the picks.<\/p>\n

When it came to the right winger role, Scholes could not overlook the impact of former United teammate Beckham and picked him ahead of Red Devils icon Best.<\/p>\n

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Who did Paul Scholes pick in the rest of his Man Utd all-time XI alongside Sir David Beckham?<\/p>\n

Posted below is who Scholes picked in his all-time United XI during his chat with Icons, with the ex-Red Devils talent having played alongside each and every one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former England midfielder Paul Scholes has thrown his full backing behind one Manchester United legend ahead of George…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":346834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1117,170292,78958,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-346833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-david-beckham","9":"tag-george-best","10":"tag-paul-scholes","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115471779917171053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}