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Overlap Crew Couldn't Believe Roy Keane's Savage Scholes One-Liner

Overlap Crew Couldn't Believe Roy Keane's Savage Scholes One-Liner
Lee Costello
By Lee Costello Updated
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Paul Scholes joined The Overlap crew on Stick To Football, as they discussed the current state of the game, England managers, and his own career.

Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville, Ian Wright and Roy Keane were all on top form as the conversation frequently shifted from serious football talk, to ripping each other to shreds.

Keane in particular was in the mood to have a pop whenever he could, and just because Scholes was the guest of honour, it did not mean he was safe.

The panel played a game of 'Mthy or truth' where a statement would be read out about one of the panelists, and the rest of them had to determine whether it was true or not.

For Scholes, the statement said that he was a plasterer, before he became a footballer, something which immediately sparked suspicion.

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"Prior to becoming a professional football player, Paul Scholes worked as a plasterer's assistant to support himself and only began playing for United's youth academy at 14," Neville said.

Wright was adamant Scholes' supposed plastering role was a myth saying: "I'm not having that".

"I've never heard that and I've known him for like, 35 years," Neville added.

Carragher reminded the crew that Scholes' height, listed at 168cm, would have been quite the stumbling block to be a plasterer's assistant.

"He's too small," Carragher said, a line which he is famous for after claiming that Lisandro Martinez was too small in stature to be a top centre back in the Premier League.

But as quick as a flash, and with comedic timing that Jimmy Carr would have been proud of, Keane delivered a one-liner that caused the whole table to erupt.

"He's only done bungalows," Keane said.

Poor Scholes thought he was there to chat about football, but there's no escaping the wrath of the Irishman's sharp tongue when he's in the form.

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The former United midfielder did confirm that was in fact a myth, but what was true, was the fact that he joined the club at 14 and went on to be one of the best players in Premier League history.

Alongside Keane and Neville, the playmaker was instrumental to United's historic treble winning season in '99, and the side that had a stranglehold of the PL trophy for the better part of two decades.

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