Scholes Stacks His Premier League Mount Rushmore With Three Red Devils

Paul Scholes has constructed his Premier League Mount Rushmore, and it's decidedly red.

The former Manchester United midfielder, who claimed 11 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues during his Old Trafford career, has plucked three of his ex-teammates for football's most exclusive honours. Speaking on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast with host Paddy McGuiness, Scholes named Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, and Wayne Rooney as his first three selections—prompting McGuiness to quip: "It's quite a f***ing red mountain this."

Scholes' response? "Well, the red mountain won a lot of Premier League trophies."

His fourth and final pick broke the colour scheme: Thierry Henry, the Arsenal legend. When McGuiness reacted with surprise, Scholes doubled down on his selection criteria: "When you're talking about Mount Rushmore, you've got to talk about people who have won Premier Leagues."

Fellow former Red Devil Nicky Butt joined the discussion, acknowledging the difficulty of the exercise. He confessed that leaving out Steven Gerrard was a wrench, while Scholes admitted Alan Shearer—the Premier League's all-time leading goalscorer—deserved consideration. McGuiness raised Frank Lampard's prolific record, with Butt responding: "Lampard was unbelievable." Yet Scholes maintained his stance: championship pedigree trumps individual statistics.

Carragher on Salah's Exit

In related commentary, Jamie Carragher has offered his assessment of Mohamed Salah's impending Liverpool departure, writing in The Telegraph that only one overseas talent has surpassed the Egyptian in Premier League excellence.

Carragher places Salah among the elite attacking imports, arguing that Thierry Henry remains the only player to eclipse his output and consistency. While acknowledging the credentials of Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp, and Eric Cantona, Carragher contends that Salah produced devastating numbers with greater regularity across consecutive seasons.

On Ronaldo specifically, Carragher notes that his Manchester United spells bookended his absolute peak years at Real Madrid. Judged purely on Premier League performance and impact, Salah emerges ahead of the Portuguese star.

With Kevin De Bruyne's recent Manchester City exit and Salah now departing Anfield, Carragher warns English football faces a "superstar famine" until fresh world-class talent arrives. In an all-time Premier League XI, he places Salah as an automatic selection in the front three alongside Henry and Ronaldo.