Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has praised Paul Scholes for his goalscoring return to Old Trafford over the weekend.
The former England midfielder has come out of retirement to help out Ferguson in an injury crisis and the United boss is confident that Scholes can still cut it in the Premier League.
Speaking after a Scholes goal set United on their way to a comfortable victory over Bolton on Saturday, Ferguson said: “He showed the same things he’s shown for the last 10 years.”
“When he was a younger player scoring like that was his forte.”
“Why he goes in there at that time of the game, when we are saying just sit in the middle of the park and control things, only his judgement can do that. And it was an important goal.”
“Some of the press has been very negative about [his return] but I can understand that that’s probably because it’s United but he’s still a fantastic player.”
“Over the last few months he’s been training with the reserves and the young players have been in awe of him. He’s been in intensive training the last few weeks to get back to where he is now.”
Scholes has certainly made a successful return to playing for Manchester United. In his two games so far, they have knocked Manchester City out of the FA Cup and recorded three comfortable Premier League points over Bolton Wanderers.
Next up for the Premier League Champions is another big game as they travel to the Emirates to face an Arsenal side that have their own comeback kid – Thierry Henry.
There are not many people that would have predicted a Premier League fixture involving Scholes and Henry this season, but these are two stories that simply add to what has been a thoroughly entertaining campaign.
