Rio Ferdinand reveals the truth over Paul Scholes ‘beef’ with Michael Carrick | Football

Rio Ferdinand revealed he contaced Paul Scholes after the Manchester United legend’s apparent dig at Michael Carrick in the wake of last week’s defeat at Newcastle.

The interim United boss has transformed the mood at Old Trafford since taking over from Ruben Amorim in January.

Inheriting a squad that was breaking unwanted records almost with each passing week, the Red Devils now look well set to qualify for the Champions League.

Despite overseeing an astonishing turnaround, United’s first major setback since his arrival saw Carrick receive what appeared to be stinging criticism from hi one-time midfield partner.

‘Michael has definitely got something special about him…cos Utd have been crap last four games,’ read a post that went live on Instagram shortly after the final whistle at St James’ Park.

‘Everyone was saying is Scholesy drunk has he had a few too many to drink, Ferdinand said when referring to the incident on his Rio Presents YouTube channel.

‘I actually texted him and said ‘what’s going on?’ But Scholesy is Scholesy. He said ‘listen I said he’s special but we have been rubbish the last four games’.

‘And he isn’t wrong. We have been rubbish the last four games in terms of performance. It hasn’t been top, I wouldn’t say rubbish. It hasn’t been oh my god I’m going to pay to watch that against next week, it’s been flat.

‘People are going ‘I thought he was his teammate, I thought he’d support him a bit more. Did he need to say that?’ Those are obviously the questions people are asking if there a bit of beef between them?

‘Listen, there’s not beef between them two. They’re two really placid, calm guys. Carra has the upmost respect for Scholesy and Scholesy the same. It was just interpreted differently to the way Scholesy meant it to come across.

‘He’s just being honest and brutal. One thing I’d say abouut him, he didn’t say much in the changing room but when he did it was normally a cutting comment so I’m not surprised he is how he is as a pundit right now.’

Another United player of that generation, Patrice Evra, meanwhile, couldn’t believe Scholes had taken an instant opportunity to get on Carrick’s back.

Evra told Stake: ‘I hope Paul Scholes’ Instagram story is fake, I hope he was hacked.

‘To be honest, I’m not surprised at that from Scholesy. He was the quietest player I’ve ever played with in my entire career. Now, in the media, he drops bombshells.

‘I really don’t understand the lack of support behind Michael Carrick, he’s one of us and he’s doing very well.

‘There’s been negative analysis from Scholesy, but also from Roy Keane and Gary Neville. It annoys me because we want to be in the top four, and those comments are unnecessary, but this is what you do when you work in TV. You can’t be positive, you have to be negative.

‘Most of these guys get a managerial job and get fired straightaway. I said to Neville: ‘It’s easy to talk on TV. When you were at Valencia, they asked you for paella, and you gave them fish and chips’. After three months, they said goodbye.

‘People can’t forget what they have done as a manager. As players, they’re legends, but as managers, they haven’t done a great job. So for them to speak and possibly kill the career of a manager, it’s a little bit too much.’

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