I'd say Carrick has the qualities of a Scholes, Andrea Pirlo and Sergio Busquets.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

We need to become more ruthless and critical in front of goal.

There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.

Louis van Gaal is one of the most incredible coaches who's done a fantastic job in clubs all over Europe.

There are only four trophies available to win at the start of every season and there will be some big teams this year who won't win one at all.

The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training designed to develop our passing ability, which might be three players against another three players, or six versus six, or nine versus nine. But no matter what the numbers were, the side with Paul Scholes on their team would always win by keeping the most possession.