Paul Scholes: Man Utd great in Oldham Athletic manager talks
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Oldham Athletic are in talks with former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes regarding their vacant manager role.
The League Two Latics are looking to appoint a successor to Frankie Bunn, who was sacked on 27 December.
Scholes, 44, has a lifelong affinity with the club and attended Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Macclesfield Town.
Since retiring in 2013, he has not managed in the English Football League (EFL).
Academy boss Pete Wild has been in caretaker charge at Boundary Park.
If Scholes is appointed, under EFL rules he may have to relinquish his position as co-owner of Salford City, who are third in the National League and chasing promotion to League Two.
EFL regulation 104 states: "Except with the prior written consent of the board, a person who is interested in a club cannot at the same time be interested in any other football club."
Scholes was part of the five-strong Manchester United Class of '92 to buy a controlling stake in Salford in 2014 when they were in the Northern Premier League first division, and was briefly joint caretaker manager, with Phil Neville, in 2015.
That, along with a short spell on the United coaching staff when Ryan Giggs took temporary charge following David Moyes' sacking in 2014, remains his only experience in the dugout.
Scholes told BBC Radio Manchester he was interviewed previously for the Oldham job, when former boss Richie Wellens was appointed in October 2017.
Oldham dismissed Bunn last month following their 6-0 defeat by Carlisle United. He had only been appointed last summer.
Since then, under caretaker boss Wild, they have won two of their four league games and stunned Premier League side Fulham in the FA Cup third round.
Scholes made 718 appearances for Manchester United, including 499 in the Premier League, and scored 155 goals for the Old Trafford club.
He also played 66 times for England, retiring after Euro 2004 to focus on his club career.
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From a Liverpool “troll” 🙄
Alongside Frank Lampards Derby and Sol Cambells Macclesfield,we will now have Paul Scholes Oldham.
Scholes only played for United in the '90's did he?
This century Paul Scholes won 13 major honours with United which is just 3 less than citeh have won in the 21st century, 20the century and the 19th century combined.
Add the honours he got in the 90's and he overtakes what citeh have won.
Who's Paul Scholes? A LEGEND.
Why can't rival fans have respect for other teams players.
He's from the area and still lives in the area.
He played a match for Royton recently (son's team in Oldham cause they were short).
He's always watched/supported Oldham.
Goes in pubs around Oldham.
How anybody could turn that into a negative spin is beyond me.
always played for the shirt on your back, like david batty.
you were brilliant.
I know some people think football began with the Premiership, now it turns out it was August 2013. Guess you never heard of Alex Ferguson either.
He loves Oldham and wants to see them succeed
You call Paul Scholes a ‘nobody.’ Can I ask what you’ve done with your life, or are you a nobody as well? Are we all just nobodies?
I think people forget he is paid to give an opinion, it’s his job, so therefore he gives his honest opinion. He would expect people to give their honest opinions too if he were to get the Oldham job.
That’s how it works.
What planet do you live on ?
PS was a great player.
Xavi of Barcelona was asked “who was the best player he played against” he replied “Paul scholes”
PS won every trophy and he did his business quietly.
Paul Scholes an average player!
Let compare him to your slippy G shall we?
PL Scholes 11 Slippy G 0
FA cup PS 3 SG 2
LC PS 2 SG 3
CL PS 1 SG 1
So that's 17 to Paul Scholes and only 6 to slippy G.
If Scholes is average then Slippy G was abysmal.
YNWA unless you're Champions League hero Karius of course.