Mikel Arteta gave the perfect response when asked about Manchester United legend Paul Scholes criticising his team's style. Speaking at his press conference on Monday, Arteta was asked about concerns over his tactics and how entertaining the style of football has been this season. Arsenal have had their critics, though Arteta mainly insisted that he only hears good things from people he's spoken to around Europe.
Paul Scholes tried his hand at management with Oldham Athletic For plenty of players, the end of their playing days means the start of a coaching career. Others, however, do not feel the urge to rush into football management and are content to take their time before making their next career move. Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes seemed to fall into this latter camp when he hung up his boots in 2013, only for sentiment to make him rethink his plans.
No, a lot of people make that assumption, but I played on the left for United loads of times when Giggsy was injured, Scholes tells FourFourTwo. I didn't actually mind playing there, especially for United. I scored a lot of goals from that position for United, but with England it was different, we just played a different type of football. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. I just wasn't enjoying playing for England.
I think this started towards the end of last season. Do you remember when they won the league? The bad form started; they went away, went to Ibiza or something. Arne Slot was DJing. Honestly, DJing in Ibiza. I think that's disrespectful that, before the season's done. I think that's classless.
I still don't class Moises Caicedo as an all-round midfield player. He scored a great goal, and he was brilliant against Liverpool, and he got a little bit of stick for his performances last year but in the Club World Cup he was brilliant. I just prefer those controlling type midfielders, who play with a bit more style and can score goals a little bit more often than Caicedo does.
Despite excelling for United last season and making his breakthrough into the England national team, Mainoo has been named on the bench in each of United's opening four Premier League fixtures this season. Amorim has reportedly told the 20-year-old that he is in direct competition with captain Bruno Fernandes for one of the two advanced midfield roles, leaving Mainoo in a difficult position.
