Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told the Big Issue that he thought Paul Scholes was "too small" to make it as a footballer when he first saw him.
Scholes, who turned 40 on Sunday, went on to win 11 Premier League
titles and two Champions League crowns at United, while making 718
appearances for the club -- a total that puts him behind only Ryan Giggs
and Sir Bobby Charlton.
But Ferguson, who managed Scholes for 26 years before both retired in
2013, said he initially doubted whether the midfielder had a future in
the game.
"I was very aware that the first time I clapped eyes on Paul Scholes,
I thought: 'too small.' But that's when nurturing talent comes in,"
Ferguson said in an interview in this week's edition of the Big Issue,
out on Monday. "And you're rewarded hugely. It's a fantastic challenge
but I'm speaking mostly about leadership and I'm comfortable doing
that."
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