Absolutes Quote by Michael Owen

Scholesy is one of my favourite players of all time. He was a great professional who had everything and I used to love playing…

— Paul Gascoigne

There was never any question about Scholesy's quality as a footballer. He was known as the little ginger magician in the youth team. Some…

— Steve Bruce

I could never get bored talking about him, he was my favourite player. I loved watching him because he did everything you'd want to…

— Rio Ferdinand

I’d go for Scholesy as the club’s greatest ever player. I’ve seen him do things that no other player can do. The way he…

— Ryan Giggs

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

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…

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

For me, Scholesy's the best footballer England has produced in my time. The way he controlled games, passed the ball, saw things that other…

— Wayne Rooney

I would loved to have played with Scholes. He plays the game the way it should be played and at his peak he was…

— Xavi

Scholes was playing tiki-taka football when nobody in England knew what it was. He was another of those players, like Denis Law or Bobby…

— Harry Redknapp

Paul Scholes was always unbelievably talented. Quiet. And dirty. When he got his tackle right, it was a great tackle. But when he got…

— David Beckham

He is a legend and he's going to be remembered for a long time. Just to play alongside him and learn from him has…

— Michael Carrick

Scholes was probably the best English midfielder since Bobby Charlton. He was such a brilliant long passer that he could choose a hair on…

— Alex Ferguson