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Man Utd legend Scholes admits Cleverley convinced him about retirement

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes admits Tom Cleverley convinced him it was time to hang up the boots.

He wrote in the London Evening Standard: "It is horrible getting older. At United we used to play an eight-a-side game in training on a Friday and in my final couple of seasons there were times when the game passed me by.

"I found that the likes of Tom Cleverley, who had a great season in my final year at United, were just passing the ball around me."

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