the now Derby County man responded immediately.
“Obviously, [Cristiano] Ronaldo who has gone on to be… him and [Lionel] Messi are probably the two best players to ever play the game, but I think at the time Scholesy was brilliant with the things he could do with the ball.
“He obviously wasn’t the quickest but he was so sharp; you couldn’t get near him. I remember knowing in the back end of my career that I was going to go into midfield. I remember studying him in training and games. It was brilliant for me first-hand to watch him and learn from him.