United duo awarded new contracts

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that veteran duo Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs will be offered new contracts.

Giggs has been in fine form this season, scoring two goals and assisting eight others and has earned himself a nomination for BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Scholes hasn’t been quite as impressive as his team mate, but it’s clear he still has much to offer the team.

“Ryan will be offered a new contract for next season, which is an indication of what we think of him coming up to 37 next season, and Paul knows he will be offered one as well,” Ferguson told Sky Sports.

“Ryan is an example to young people.

“He has humility and he has never changed and I think he is having his best years now.

“He has retained that amazing quality in his game and also an enthusiasm to play.”

Sir Alex believes they have to pick and choose which games to play Scholes in. The aging maestro can no longer play every week, so the manager must use his legs sparingly.

“I spoke to Paul and he said he didn’t actually say he was thinking of his future.

“When you get to that age every player starts to think about what the future holds for him.

“But when you see Paul’s performances at West Ham and in Wolfsburg last week there is no reason to think he can’t do it again next year again.

“Maybe he thinks he should be playing every game. That’s fine, but I know that’s not fair.

“We want the quality. We want to see Scholes perform like he did on Tuesday and the best way of doing that is to gauge the games we know he is going to dominate.”

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