Scholes hails 'brilliant' Sneijder

02 August 2011 08:25
Paul Scholes has labelled Wesley Sneijder as a "brilliant" player, while also praising the current crop of youngsters at Manchester United.[LNB] Scholes, who is now on the coaching staff at Old Trafford, is yet to be replaced - amid claim and counter claim about whether the club will bring in a new face.[LNB]Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted he will use players currently at his disposal to fill the huge void left by Scholes's absence - but chief executive David Gill has confirmed at least one new signing is in the offing as claims about a deal for Sneijder refuse to go away.[LNB]Indeed Tuesday's Daily Mirror claims the Dutchman could be a United player this week if agreement can be met over the structure of his pay.[LNB]"Yes, Sneijder's brilliant," Scholes told MUTV.[LNB]"He's been brilliant for the last year or so with Inter Milan and Holland. I don't think it probably worked out as well as he would have liked at Real Madrid but he's a top player. [LNB]"I'm sure there's a lot of clubs who will be after him if he is available."[LNB]But Scholes insisted that United's current batch of young midfielders - such as Tom Cleverly, Paul Pogba and Ryan Tunnicliffe, were good enough to come in.[LNB]"We've got a lot of young talent as well, people like Tom Cleverley coming back from Wigan, Paul Pogba's another good player and another good midfielder in the youth team set-up," he continued.[LNB]Scholes did single out Tunnicliffe, who has joined Peterborough on-loan, as one to watch.[LNB]"It's very difficult to single people out because there were that many in that youth team that were brilliant last year," admitted the former England international. [LNB]"Ryan Tunnicliffe was sensational in midfield every time I saw him."

Source: Team_Talk