Midfield Maestro, Ginger Ninja or most recently Satnav; whatever you call him it’s hard to argue he’s been one of, if not the most gifted midfielders of his generation.Clocking over 700 games for Manchester United, I for one am happy he chose to come out of retirement. Here are just some of the tributes flooding from the Twittersphere.
Happy Birthday to Paul Scholes, who turns 38 today. It's 18 years since the #MUFC midfielder made his #BPL debut http://t.co/Zyde4MHH—
Premier League (@premierleague) November 16, 2012
It's not often that you see footballers trending because it's their birthday but then again Paul Scholes isn't just a footballer. #genius—
Jake (@JC10MUFC) November 16, 2012
Perfection is a myth unless you are Paul Scholes. Happy Birthday to Paul Scholes, there'll be no another Scholes again. Enjoy his game!—
Azeem (@AzeemZMir) November 16, 2012
Paul Scholes turns 38 today. Here's a poem I wrote to mark his first retirement: blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/01/pau… #MUFC—
Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) November 16, 2012
Paul Scholes: Averages a touch of the ball every 48 seconds this season – more often than any other player to make more than 5 PL apps—
WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) November 16, 2012
Paul Scholes: 10 PL titles, 3
FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 2 Champions League titles, 1 Club WC, 1 Intercontinental cup, 5 Community Shields.—
Man Utd Stuff (@ManUtdPlace) November 16, 2012
Discovered by United, created by United, got all the titles and honours, never destroyed! Paul Scholes—
Andrew MUFC (@AndrewUnited7) November 16, 2012
Paul Scholes is 38 today, I wish he was only 28 and we could freeze time. Happy Birthday Scholesy! #legend #mufc—
Mary (@MarySeeYouEnTee) November 16, 2012
It's a good job Paul Scholes reads Twitter in his spare time, otherwise these 1000's of happy birthday messages would be wasted.—
Jamie (@Jonny_Blobbins) November 16, 2012
Quotes From His Peers
The Master of Passing
His Best Goals
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