Despite his beyond impressive six months spell at Brentford, Manchester United’s move for Christian Eriksen came as a bit of a surprise to many especially given the quality that the Red Devils already had in midfield. But the Danish international has slipped right into the starting eleven from the very get go with Eriksen starting in every league game so far. Not only that, the 30-year-old has been amongst the club’s standout players so far although his actual impact has taken time to showcase.

“Well forwards know when the ball is coming, they know they’ve got a midfield player who thinking about them even before the ball comes. They know he’s watching, he’s looking all the time ‘where’re the forwards, where’s the number 10, where’s Bruno, where’s Marcus Rashford, where’s my two wide players’. He’s always scanning the pitch and he’s only thinking about going forward,” Scholes told Premier League Productions.

“Christian Eriksen has certainly got that and Michael (Owen) and Jack (Wilshere) mentioned Michael Carrick, who was brilliant at that. For a number 10 to have any influence on a football game, they need a midfielder with that kind of quality,” he added.