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Ben Husband

Paul Scholes credits favourite current Man Utd player with solving "criminal" problem

Paul Scholes has heaped praise on Christian Eriksen and labelled him as his favourite player in the current Manchester United set up.

The legendary ex-United midfielder has been a vocal critic of his former side as they have slumped away from title contention. He has reserved harsher judgement for those plying their trade in the middle of the park, particularly Fred and Scott McTominay.

But Scholes thinks the arrival of Eriksen - and fellow summer signing Casemiro - has helped solve one of the biggest issues the Red Devils have been facing. Eriksen was one of six arivals in Erik ten Hag’s first window, and arguably the shrewdest of all - coming to the club as a free agent following his half-season stint with Brentford.

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