Paul Scholes in no doubt Casemiro would be his ideal midfield partner

Scholes was asked a follow-up question by host Liam Bradford on whether he’d rather play with Casemiro or Christian Eriksen.

The Denmark international faces a must-win final group game against Australia later today at the World Cup (15:00 GMT kick-off).

“Again, probably Casemiro,” was the 48-year-old’s response. “I love Christian Eriksen, I think he’s brilliant but a little bit more like me and just worried about the attacking side of things.

“Look, if me and Christian or Bruno played together, it could be 6-6 or 7-6. There could be any score. We’d concede a lot of goals but might score a few! Just having that added security of Casemiro. Like I said, Roy Keane, Nicky Butt, Michael Carrick could play the position perfectly and they’re the type of players I prefer to play with.”