
Legendary former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes ran his eye over the club’s three most prominent midfield targets for 2026. While Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton came out on top of Brighton & Hove Albion’s Carlos Baleba and Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest, Scholes also offered several alternative solutions.
United’s history is signposted by great midfielders. From the days of Duncan Edwards’s domination in the 1950s, this illustrious lineage stretches through Bobby Charlton, Bryan Robson, Roy Keane and Scholes himself.