Paul Scholes says that if Arsenal finish first in the Premier League after 38 games this season, they should not be awarded the trophy. He reasons that the 2025/26 campaign has been of such low quality, that the Gunners have eked out so many results on the margins of set-pieces, that to crown them the best in the land would be to sully the good name of what should constitute a champion of England. An insult to the Invincibles, a slap to the Centurions.
And as one of the finest footballers to have ever graced our fair isle, Scholes, whose loyalty to one of the greatest teams of all time was rued by the likes of Xavi Hernandez and Zinedine Zidane – for they would never have a chance in hell of playing with him – certainly knows not just what a great champion looks like, but the very technical brilliance that defines the cream of the elite.
