Get Manchester United FC updates directly to your inbox Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailSir Alex Ferguson has delivered a special message to Paul Scholes at a Manchester United tribute dinner to salute the Old Trafford legend. But Ferguson appeared on video at the start of a charity dinner in recognition of Scholes organised by the Association of Former Manchester United Players at Old Trafford on Thursday night. Despite jokingly calling him a “little runt” Ferguson hailed Scholes as the “perfect” player and a “great human being”. “He was the absolute perfect player and no matter how many great players we have had in the past at Manchester United Paul sits in the great pantheon of those players there is no question about that. And on the greatest player he ever played against, Scholes chose Barcelona star Andres Iniesta.

Source: Daily Mirror September 21, 2018 15:45 UTC