Exactly. All I ever hear is that so and so once said Paul Scholes was a great player and Man United fans cling to that as proof that Scholes was the greatest player. I'm a 30 year United fan but cant ignore logical facts which are....
Paul Scholes was never in his career shortlisted for PFA player of the season..this means that not once during his career did his fellow professionals rate him as 1 of the top 6 players in the league. In Gerrards career he was shortlisted 8 (eight) times for PFA player of the year, that means Gerrarď was rated 1 of the top 6 players in the league 8 times by his fellow Pros. Scholes was a very good player..He was never as good as Viera, Keane, Gerrard, Lampard, De Bruyne and it is embarrassing to keep hearing fans pretend he was by quoting something a player once said 20 years ago.