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'He destroyed me' - Man Utd legend Paul Scholes reveals which player he 'couldn't live with' under Sir Alex Ferguson

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<p>Scholes may be one of the most legendary names in Manchester United's history but impressing in training did not always come easily. The former midfielder has revealed to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/01/10/paul-scholes-salford-city-man-utd-city-class-92-fa-cup/" target="_blank">The Telegraph</a> that one of his biggest tests came against Andrei Kanchelskis, who had just signed from Shakhtar Donetsk and took no mercy on the academy players he had been asked to play with.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Scholes remembers his first meeting with Kanchelskis well, saying: "One of my first training sessions there I came out and I was maybe 17 and was asked to play left-back. The club had just signed him [Kanchelskis]. The first team didn’t have a game so he came over. I’m no left-back. We didn’t know much about him then. We just knew he was a flying winger. He destroyed me! I couldn’t live with him!"</p>

WHAT SCHOLES SAID

<p>Kanchelskis went on to have a successful United career, playing 161 times between 1991-95, but it was Scholes who would be remembered as one of the club's best ever players. Despite that difficult experience, he would make 714 appearances for the club, winning 13 Premier League titles and multiple other trophies.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Kanchelskis is the answer to one of football's most popular trivia questions. Having made an impact all over English and Scottish football, he is the only player to have scored in the Manchester, Merseyside and Old Firm derbies.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Scholes is now head of recruitment at Salford City, the club owned by former United team-mate Gary Neville. He was in the stands as they took on Manchester City in the FA Cup third round on Saturday and will no doubt be watching on Sunday when United face Arsenal.</p>

WHAT'S NEXT?

'He destroyed me' - Man Utd legend Paul Scholes reveals which player he 'couldn't live with' under Sir Alex Ferguson | Goal.com

Paul Scholes has revealed the player who &apos;destroyed&apos; him when he was at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson.

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