{"id":6079,"date":"2026-04-08T20:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:38:57","slug":"manchester-united-legend-paul-scholes-names-the-best-team-in-the-world-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=6079","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United legend Paul Scholes names the &#8216;best team in the world&#8217; | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27895834\" alt=\"Manchester United v Olympique Lyonnais - UEFA Europa League 2024\/25 Quarter Final Second Leg\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Manchester United legend Paul Scholes (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has named the \u2018best team in the world\u2019 after the Champions League quarter-finals got underway.<\/p>\n<p>The business end of the Champions League began on Tuesday night with Bayern Munich beating Real Madrid and Arsenal overcoming Sporting quarter-final first-leg ties.<\/p>\n<p>The huge European games keep on coming with struggling reigning Premier League champions Liverpool taking on Champions League holders PSG on Wednesday night, while Barcelona face La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Scholes has hailed PSG as the \u2018best team in the world\u2019 ahead of those fixtures but insists it is not beyond the realms of possibility that Liverpool will beat the Champions League holders.<\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester United and England midfielder says a PSG win is the most likely outcome, however, and claims Liverpool losing could even cost Arne Slot his job.<\/p>\n<p>Slot is under immense pressure at Anfield less than 12 months since guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title, with the Reds just fifth in the Premier League and in serious danger of failing to win any trophies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Do you know\u00a0the weird thing? Liverpool could\u00a0actually go\u00a0and beat PSG,\u2019 Scholes said on The Good, The Bad &amp; The Football podcast. \u2018If they get one of those special nights\u2026 Champions League\u2026 Anfield.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2269632314.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27896496\" alt=\"FBL-EUR-C1-PSG-PRESSER\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Luis Enrique ahead of PSG\u2019s clash with (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m\u00a0telling you. It\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0be the biggest shock. PSG are unbelievable and I still expect them to go\u00a0through\u00a0but it\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0shock me. It could happen but I\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0see it right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018PSG are\u00a0probably the\u00a0best team in the world right now.\u00a0Arne Slot knows\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0in trouble and it looked like the players had given up in the FA Cup [a 4-0 defeat to Manchester City].<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The manager knows\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0in big trouble now,\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0not\u00a0stupid\u00a0is he? If they go out badly to PSG \u2013 and that tie could get messy \u2013 then that might be the end of it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2269641765.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27896512\" alt=\"FBL-EUR-C1-LIVERPOOL-TRAINING\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Arne Slot is under huge pressure at Anfield (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Why bother keeping him until the end of the season if you go out of the Champions League?\u00a0There will be questions if they go out against PSG, especially if it gets messy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018PSG,\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0said it a few times,\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0probably the\u00a0best team in the world. They can hammer teams and if they do that to Liverpool it\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0surprise me if they sacked him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>PSG have refuted claims they are strong favourites to win the Champions League ahead of their quarter-final tie against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The favourite according to you [the media],\u2019 midfielder\u00a0Vitinha\u00a0said as PSG prepare to welcome Liverpool to the Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The same way you said last year that Liverpool was. Even if Liverpool are not in their best form they remain a great team with great players.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>PSG boss Luis Enrique added: \u2018With the teams, it\u2019s impossible to have a favourite. I don\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Who are the favourites? If you remember last year, everyone said it was Liverpool, and the team that qualified [for the next round] was Paris Saint-Germain. For me, there is no favourite.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mikel Arteta praises \u2018magic\u2019 Arsenal duo after win over Sporting<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Jamie Carragher makes worrying Arsenal title claim after Champions League win<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Thierry Henry makes Arsenal Champions League claim and highlights biggest weakness<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Football Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/h4>\n<p>Punchy analysis, transfer talk and more from Metro&#8217;s football experts, sent straight to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/> Manchester United legend Paul Scholes names the &#8216;best team in the world&#8217; | Football<br \/>\n<br \/>#Manchester #United #legend #Paul #Scholes #names #team #world #Football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United legend Paul Scholes (Picture: Getty) Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has named the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[317,344,342,324,570,1607,327,343,920],"class_list":["post-6079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-football","tag-legend","tag-manchester","tag-names","tag-paul","tag-scholes","tag-team","tag-united","tag-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313.jpg",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313-768x403.jpg",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313-1024x538.jpg",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313.jpg",1200,630,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313.jpg",1200,630,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313-1024x538.jpg",1024,538,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2212422888_1775643313-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}