Man Utd icon Paul Scholes hobbles on crutches after revealing knee’s ‘f***ed’ from Soccer Aid clash with old Reds pal
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Paul Scholes has revealed his knee is “f***ed” following his Soccer Aid appearance.
The 48-year-old was introduced as a substitute midway through the match following Usain Bolt’s opening goal.
He managed to turn the game on it’s head in the 53rd minute with a classic strike into the bottom-right corner from outside the box to put England 2-1 up.
But just four minutes later, he was forced off with a knee issue after a collision with former United pal Nani.
After the match, Scholes took to Instagram to share how delighted he was about returning to Old Trafford – despite his injury.
He wrote: “Knee’s f***** but couldn’t give two s****… nothing will ever give me a better feeling than playing in front of a full house at OT and scoring a goal.
“Great couple of days with some very funny people.”
Scholes’ daughter, Alicia, also took to Instagram to share a video of her dad walking out of the house on crutches.
World XI went on to win the match 4-2 thanks to three late goals from former Tottenham and Liverpool striker Robbie Keane and Love Island star Kem Cetinay.
Man Utd icons Patrice Evra and Nani were also part of the match-winning World XI squad, while Gary Neville started for England.
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Prior to the match, Scholes was furious about the blue and white flags that had been put out in the Old Trafford stands, claiming someone was “taking the p***”.
He believed that they were too similar to the colours of United’s rivals, Manchester City, who had won the Treble the previous night.
However, the flags were merely there to represent the colours of Unicef, the charity behind Soccer Aid.