Roy Keane makes brutal joke about Paul Scholes' height, leaving Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Ian Wright laughing out loud
Manchester United great Roy Keane's quick wit had some of his former team-mates and rivals laughing out loud with a joke about Paul Scholes' height.
Scholes was a special guest on the latest episode of the Stick to Football podcast, alongside Keane, Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville and Ian Wright.
The five legends discussed all things England following their two wins during the international break, including an analysis of Trent Alexander-Arnold's role and who should succeed Gareth Southgate as Three Lions boss.
It then moves on to a segment in which Neville, Carragher, Keane and Wright attempt to determine whether certain claims about Scholes are true or false.
The first was about Scholes' youth.
“Before becoming a professional footballer, Paul Scholes worked as a plasterer's assistant to support himself and only started playing for United's youth academy at the age of 14,” Neville said.
Wright insisted that Scholes' alleged role in the cast was a myth.
“I'm not going to accept that,” Wright said.
Neville, who spent his entire career alongside Scholes, was equally baffled.
“I've never heard that before and I've known him for 35 years,” Neville said.
Carragher reminded the crew that Scholes's height, recorded at 168cm, would have been a major obstacle to being a plasterer's assistant.
“It's too small,” Carragher said.
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Keane then chimed in with the comment that had the rest of the gang laughing.
“He's only built bungalows,” Keane said.
Unsurprisingly, Scholes confirmed that his mythical role as a young plasterer's assistant turned out to be exactly that: a myth.
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What wasn't a myth was the fact that he joined United's academy at the age of 14 and became an apprentice in 1991.
Scholes became one of the greatest midfielders in United's history, helping the Red Devils win no fewer than 11 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues, four FA Cups and two League Cups.
Throughout his glittering career, Scholes also earned the admiration of his teammates and rivals.
Cristiano Ronaldo described Scholes as “the best I've ever played with”, while former Barcelona superstar Xavi labelled the United great “the best central midfielder I've seen in the last 15 or 20 years”.
He called time on his career in 2011 after 17 seasons at United, but was forced out of retirement in January 2012.
Scholes retired for a second time at the end of the 2012–13 campaign after helping United win the Premier League in what turned out to be Sir Alex Ferguson's 26th and final season in charge of the Red Devils.
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