Rassvet
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I actually rate Scholes a lot. I think he was more talented than likes of Pirlo or Kroos.Clueless.
Scholes wasn't even voted as a top 3 United player of the season in any season at the club by the United players and the staff. Not once in 20 odd years. Not Twitter kids but people who played with him everyday. He got massively overrated after his retirement because of 2 good quotes from the likes of Zidane and Iniesta (things they have said about numerous players BTW).
Everybody at the club said Beckham and Keane were the best and most influential players in that team. Many people claimed Beckham deserved the golden ball. Even if he didn't deserve it nobody argued against him finishing second.
He's underrated because of celebrity status. Clueless folks say shit like he was just a good looking guy who was overrated.
Also being the best crosser of all time and one of the best set piece takers of all time with great defensive and offensive work rate is already one heck of a player. On top of that, there's his passing range, shooting ability and Football IQ. He could do it all except dribble really.
R9, Zizou, Carlos, etc rated him very highly and loved playing with him.
His problem was that United and English style of football back then wasn't as suited to technical midfielders like that compared to Serie A or La Liga of the past 10-15 years.
If you judge in terms of his impact during his career, then yeah he falls a bit short of some of these other mids. If judged by his talent and what he could have been playing in the same teams/leagues that they did, then he belongs in the conversation.