Manchester United legend Paul Scholes speaks out on touching moment PAOK player asked for his autograph

Paul Scholes admits helium was stunned erstwhile a PAOK subordinate asked for the Manchester United legend’s autograph aft their Europa League clash.

United bushed Greek broadside PAOK 2-0 connected Thursday nighttime acknowledgment to an Amad Diallo brace – their archetypal triumph successful Europe for implicit a year.

Scholes was connected punditry work for TNT Sports and was progressive successful a heartwarming infinitesimal aft full-time erstwhile helium was greeted by an absorption player.

Just arsenic the erstwhile England planetary was astir to spell live, midfielder Magomed Ozdoev approached and asked him to motion his shirt.

Scholes obliged, though admitted helium was amazed the Russian would privation his signature, until Ozdoev revealed it was for his begetter Mustafa.

When TNT big Jules Breach suggested that helium was a ‘man successful demand’, Scholes, 49, replied: ‘He did [ask for an autograph] yeah!.

‘I wasn’t definite helium remembered me, it was specified a agelong clip agone [when I played].

‘It was an autograph for his dada and I obliged. I deliberation I spelt it right, arsenic well!’

As for the lucifer itself, it was a captious effect for United who person moved up to 15th successful the Europa League array but stay 3 points disconnected the top-eight who automatically beforehand to the last-16.

It besides means the Red Devils are unbeaten nether Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has 1 crippled near arsenic interim manager – against Leicester connected Sunday – earlier the accomplishment of Ruben Amorim.

But Scholes is concerned that respective United stars volition beryllium incapable to accommodate to the Sporting Lisbon boss’ benignant of play.

He said: ‘Does helium privation wingers who are going to tally back? If helium wants that, I’m not definite [Marcus] Rashford and [Alejandro] Garnacho are close for that.

‘Does helium privation 2 wing-backs successful [Diogo] Dalot and [Noussair] Mazraoui who mightiness beryllium a small spot amended defensively but not arsenic bully going forward?’

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