Nottingham Forest midfielder James Ward-Prowse exposed Paul Scholes was his most difficult ever challenger, in spite of only playing versus him for thirty minutes.

Having played in practically 400 Premier League components, Ward-Prowse has actually gone toe-to-toe with a few of the best midfielders of perpetuity.

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The 11-time England worldwide has actually dealt with the similarity Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Kevin De Bruyne, yet one name stuck out to Ward-Prowse as his most hard competitor.

In a TikTok video published by Nottingham Forest, Ward-Prowse called Manchester United icon Scholes as his most difficult challenger.

However, a dig through the archives programs Ward-Prowse shared the pitch with Scholes for simply thirty minutes.

Their encounter took place in September 2012 as United took a trip to St Mary’s to deal with the Saints, who had actually simply been promoted from the Championship.

A 17-year-old Ward-Prowse began the video game in midfield together with Morgan Schneiderlin and Steven Davis.

Scholes, 37 at the time, got in the contest in the 61st minute in location of Tom Cleverley.

Southampton led United 2-1 till the 87th minute, when Dutch star Robin van Persie scored an equaliser before scoring the winner simply 5 minutes later on.

Scholes would retire for the 2nd time at the end of the season, assisting United to win the Premier League title in what would be Sir Alex Ferguson’s last season at the helm.

Even though he dealt with Scholes for simply thirty minutes, Ward-Prowse is not alone in gamers who stated the 11-time Premier League winner as their most hard challenger.

Iconic French midfielder Zinedine Zidane formerly explained Scholes as ‘certainly the best midfielder of his generation’, while Arsenal fantastic Thierry Henry identified Scholes ‘the very best gamer in the Premiership’.

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Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs likewise lavished appreciation on Scholes, mentioning the midfielder ‘is the very best gamer I’ve had fun with’ at the club.

Later in the video, Ward-Prowse names another Manchester United icon has his footballing idol.

Given the 29-year-old’s efficiency on set-pieces, his response ought to not come as much of a surprise.

Ward-Prowse specified David Beckham was his hero maturing, a gamer who was among the world’s most dangerous when it pertained to set pieces.

The Forest midfielder likewise stated his preferred meal was a Big Mac from McDonald’s, Gavin and Stacey was his leading television series and his England launching as his proudest minute in football.

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