Man Utd legend Scholes rejects comparisons with January signing

Joe Williams
Paul Scholes Rio Ferdinand Man Utd

Man Utd legend Paul Scholes doesn’t think comparisons between himself and January signing Bruno Fernandes are accurate.

The Portuguese playmaker, who joined from Sporting Lisbon in January, has made an impressive start to his Man Utd career, providing three goals and four assists for his new side.

Some fans and pundits have compared Fernandes to  Scholes, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer describing him as a “bit of a mix” between Scholes and Juan Sebastian Veron.


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“I don’t think I was a player like him, I know there’s been a few comparisons but I just think we’re totally different,” Scholes told MUTV Group Chat.

“I think he plays higher up the pitch, I think he’s got great skill to beat a man, he looks like he wants to score goals, he’ll shoot from anywhere, he’s capable of playing a pass.

“His set-pieces are good, his free-kicks are good. All of a sudden they look like they’re going to create, they look like they’re going to score goal every time he’s in possession of the ball.

“I think we’re totally different, he has the skills to go past a man.”

However, Scholes does see one similarity between Fernandes and himself, the former Man Utd man added: “The only comparison is the shooting, we both think about goals and where our centre-forward is going to be.”

 

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