More often than not, Sir Alex Ferguson was an exceptionally good judge of character. The Scotsman was able to identify players who he thought would reach the very top of the game, while also predicting the ones who wouldn't. He is, however, only human - and even the great man got one or two first impressions wrong during his time at Manchester United.
For Paul Scholes, he was initially written off for being too small. The midfielder, who was a part of United's fabled Class of '92, came through the ranks alongside David Beckham, Gary Neville and others. He was a member of the Reds' youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in the 1992/93 season, but his time at Old Trafford threatened to be over before it had even truly started.
When he arrived for his first day, Ferguson wasn't sure that he would grow into a footballer. It is a stigma that doesn't often get mentioned nowadays, but in years gone by, a player's future in the game was sometimes judged by how big he was. As a small midfielder, Scholes was under immediate pressure at United.
