Man Utd icon Paul Scholes says he is ‘sick to death’ of being compared to Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard
PAUL SCHOLES is "sick to death" of being compared to Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
The Manchester United legend was famously difficult to squeeze into the England team alongside the midfield pair and is bored of having the conversation in retirement.
Speaking on the BBC's Savage Social podcast, Scholes was asked who was the best of the trio.
And in disgruntled fashion, the 45-year-old replied: “Stevie G and Frank, of course.
“I’m sick to death of hearing about this to be honest. It doesn’t really matter.
"People can have their own opinions. Them two were amazing, amazing players. But very different players.”
Scholes and Gerrard were often played on the left wing for England in a bid to fit the talented trio into the team but with limited success.
At club level, Gerrard was the only one of the three never to win the Premier League but the rivalry between the trio's teams was still intense.
And Scholes' former United teammate Rio Ferdinand thinks that is why England struggled to deliver on the big stage.
He said: "It overshadowed things. It killed that England team, that generation.
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“One year we would have been fighting Liverpool to win the league, another year it would be Chelsea.
"I considered the Premier League to be my title.
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"So I was never going to walk into the England dressing room or the canteen and open up to Frank, to Ashley Cole, John Terry, Joe Cole at Chelsea, or Steven and Jamie Carragher at Liverpool.
“I wouldn’t open up because of the fear that they would then take something back to their club and use it against us, to make them better than us.
"I didn’t want to engage with them in that sense.”