@dailymailsport: Paul Scholes has broken his silence after his 'brutal' criticism of Man United boss Michael Carrick last week. Scholes had caused controversy after United's 2-1 defeat by Newcastle on Wednesday, branding the team 'c**p' under Carrick's leadership. In an Instagram story that he later deleted, Scholes posted: 'Michael has definitely got something special about him... cos United have been c**p in the last four games... night'. Scholes added a kissing face emoji, before writing 'Tonali' and following the Newcastle star's name with a love heart. This was widely interpreted as Scholes gunning for his former team-mate, which follows the likes of Roy Keane and Gary Neville also criticising Carrick and suggesting that he shouldn't get the job long-term despite overseeing just one defeat in eight matches. However, speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast, Scholes attempted to shed more light on his viral post and claimed that it had been taken out of context. 'It was in no way intended to be offensive towards Michael,' Scholes began. 'Michael is one of the nicest people you will ever meet in football and he'd be the last person I would want to offend. 'I messaged Michael anyway and said "look I was never intending to upset you", and I don't think I needed to say that anyway. He told me he wasn't upset. #MUFC #paulscholes #football #carrick

David's Chord(Mika'el) :

read the last paragraph only

LAZÙ :

they are jealous upon Carrick's success

a :

carrick js said he wasn’t upset 😂 no need to write this much

drea powerz :

jealousy main cause

ree24br08 :

𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒🐎 ✪ :

Wha he say

$aint charles :

scholes is mad

garthvapor :

Easy to criticise on the side. If they are that good a manager, they would have been offered the interim manager position rather than Carrick!…of course he hasn’t been perfect, but at least the results had improve a whole lot vs the previous manager! The players also have to bear some responsibilities!

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Jason :

Love Carrick

@ustoun4as :

what did he say

alexi :

What

MAXMILLIAN♡ :

What happened tho?

wll cade :

Bro These guys are no longer united legends that's it 💯✌

tish_stylo05 :

I know what he said.. Nice one👍

moze™ :

They have never been friends since, just that they played at the same club 😭

Osike da master :

it's time for Paul to prove himself as a coach for Manchester united also so that he should be happy

oficiall oficiall💎 :

🙏🏻🙏🏻

Abzzy :

I think I get it he means the players have been crap but united are still winning so he is saying Carrick had something special abt him for still getting the results

Don Atete :

shame on scholes

Endwelllopez :

I just read the last part

Arnold Liemens :

what is all the hate against Carrick i think and believe that he has done so much for this club in the few weeks then most of the appointed coaches united ever had and those that are criticizing him what did they do where have they sat standards in coaching pleasssseee enlighten me

Merrell Rio :

Carrick has done MORE for United after retiring than some of these legends combined. While others moved on, he stayed through the chaos. When the club was at its lowes, he showed up. TWICE. No complaints. No spotlight. And now he gets hate? That’s crazy. Respect Carrick. 🔴

M+ :

Carrick is overrated as coach