{"id":363758,"date":"2025-12-23T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363758\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:31:08","slug":"paul-scholes-says-theres-one-arsenal-player-hed-absolutely-love-to-sign-for-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/363758\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes says there&#8217;s one Arsenal player he&#8217;d absolutely love to sign for Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When asked about his dream signing for Manchester United, Paul Scholes claimed that he would love the Red Devils to have a player like Arsenal\u2019s Declan Rice.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have several players who could have also been picked, including William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Bukayo Saka, but Scholes has named Rice.<\/p>\n<p>This season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-says-one-player-has-gone-into-another-stratosphere-since-joining-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rice has been one of the best Premier League players<\/a>, having taken his game to a whole different level.<\/p>\n<p> If Declan Rice was worth \u00a3105m in 2023, what would his value be in 2026? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Declan-Rice-transfer-value-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Arsenal's Declan Rice transfer value\" class=\"wp-image-181828\" \/>Credit: Stuart MacFarlane\/Arsenal FC via Getty Images \u2013 David Price\/Arsenal FC via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/theo-walcott-shares-what-he-saw-declan-rice-do-immediately-after-wolves-scored-against-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rice has also become a real leader for Arsenal<\/a>, which adds to his importance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta\u2019s<\/a> team at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>That is why the 26-year-old is considered one of the top players in world football right now, and also the reason why Scholes would love to have a player like him at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Scholes would love Man United to sign a player like Declan Rice<\/p>\n<p>Paul Scholes has admitted that he would love Manchester United to sign a player like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/tag\/declan-rice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Rice<\/a>, and Nicky Butt has also expressed a similar sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has become one of the best in the world in his position this season, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/wayne-rooney-says-arsenal-have-an-absolutely-incredible-player-who-is-actually-underrated\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne Rooney also praising Rice\u2019s performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the former West Ham United captain would make most teams in world football, and Scholes has said he would love someone like him at United.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his dream signing for Man United, Scholes told <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/the-good-the-bad-the-football\/id1839425706?i=1000742354744&amp;r=2291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Good, The Bad &amp; The Football<\/a>: \u201cYeah, not a dream, but something I think they need is probably a Declan Rice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Is Declan Rice the best midfielder in the world right now? If not, who is? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Declan-Rice-stats-for-Arsenal-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Declan Rice's stats at Arsenal\" class=\"wp-image-179191\" \/>Credit: Getty Images\/James Gill \u2013 Danehouse     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, that\u2019s what I was going to say, Declan Rice,\u201d Butt added.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has been simply outstanding in North London this season and is surely a strong contender for the Premier League Player of the Season award.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher picks Granit Xhaka and Declan Rice over Moises Caciedo<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jamie Carragher has named Granit Xhaka and Rice ahead of Moises Caicedo in his Premier League Team of the Season so far.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his midfield picks, Carragher told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9ywP6IePzKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Sports<\/a>: \u201cSo, I\u2019ve gone with Xhaka and Rice in there. I mean, the other one to put in was Caicedo, and that was a really tough one. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to put all three because I think they\u2019re almost all defensive, but I want to put an attacking midfield player in there. I\u2019ve obviously got Bruno Fernandes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said I think Declan Rice just has the edge on Caicedo. But I just felt the impact of Xhaka this season for me is the biggest impact of a signing or effect on a team, if you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Arsenal content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When asked about his dream signing for Manchester United, Paul Scholes claimed that he would love the Red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,38566,78709,561,82],"class_list":["post-363758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-declan-rice","tag-paul-scholes","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}