Manchester United legend Nicky Butt has urged Paul Scholes to play on next season.

Butt says he wouldn't be surprised if Scholes carries on.

"I don't know what Paul is thinking really. Paul is Paul," he told the Manchester Evening News.

"If he thinks it is time to finish again that's what he will do. If he believes he can go on then he will. The way he is playing at the moment then surely he must be thinking he can play on beyond the end of the season.

"Of course you never know what is around the corner. He might pick up an injury or he might lose form but the way he is playing at the moment he has to be considering carrying on.

"But I don't know what he is thinking. I spoke to him earlier this week and I asked him outright was he going to continue and he just said he didn't know!

"I have known Paul since we were 12 and I would like to think he'd tell me if he knew. But I think he just wants to get these next three months out of the way and then see."