{"id":348357,"date":"2025-11-01T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348357\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:33:13","slug":"gary-neville-and-roy-keane-in-full-agreement-about-best-german-player-of-all-time-paul-scholes-thinks-differently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348357\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville and Roy Keane in full agreement about best German player of all time, Paul Scholes thinks differently"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United legends Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were all asked to name the best German player of all time \u2014 but there was a major twist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Overlap\u2019s TikTok account shared a clip of the aforementioned former Manchester United<\/a> trio being asked to pick one standout German player in history.<\/p>\n

However, Paul Scholes<\/a>, Roy Keane<\/a> and Gary Neville<\/a> were unable to have Germany and Bayern Munich legend Franz Beckenbauer as their answer to the question.<\/p>\n

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Franz Beckenbauer is considered one of the best players of all time and is widely regarded as one of the finest talents in the history of German football.<\/p>\n

The former Bayern Munich and Germany defender lifted the World Cup with West Germany in 1974 and captured the prestigious Ballon d\u2019Or award twice in his career.<\/p>\n

Beckenbauer also won four Bundesliga trophies, three European Cups, a European Cup Winners\u2019 Cup and four German Cups as a prolific Bayern Munich player.<\/p>\n

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\"RoyPhoto by GLYN KIRK\/AFP via Getty ImagesGary Neville and Roy Keane\u2019s pick for the best German player outside of Franz Beckenbauer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roy Keane was the first up to name the best German player of all time \u2014 excluding Franz Beckenbauer \u2014 with the Manchester United legend<\/a> picking Lothar Matthaus.<\/p>\n

Following on from the iconic former United captain<\/a>, Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville paused for a moment before he threw his backing behind Lothar Matthaus as well.<\/p>\n

A recipient of France Football\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or prize in 1990, Matthaus played under Beckenbauer when the former Bayern Munich legend was West Germany manager.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old German former midfielder was the skipper of West Germany and Beckenbauer\u2019s men lifted the 1990 World Cup after beating Argentina in the final.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich and Germany legend Matthaus is seen as one of the best midfielders of all time after his remarkable playing career for both club and country.<\/p>\n

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Man Utd legend Paul Scholes snubbed Lothar Matthaus for his choice for Germany\u2019s best player ever<\/p>\n

While Lothar Matthaus received the backing of Gary Neville and Roy Keane, the same could not be said for former United and England midfielder Paul Scholes.<\/p>\n

Scholes went for another Germany and Bayern Munich legend instead, with the pundit settling on his pick as iconic former forward Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.<\/p>\n

Ian Wright<\/a>, a regular on The Overlap\u2019s Stick to Football podcast, popped up after Scholes in the clip and also offered his two cents on the German \u2018GOAT\u2019 debate.<\/p>\n

Forget both Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Matthaus, as Arsenal legend Ian Wright threw his support behind Germany and Bayern Munich icon Thomas Muller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United legends Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Paul Scholes were all asked to name the best German…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":348358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[83748,78958,86064,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-348357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-gary-neville","9":"tag-paul-scholes","10":"tag-roy-keane","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115475409385000275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348357","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=348357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}