Aston Villa legend Paul McGrath isn't interested in comparisons with retiring captain Martin Laursen - because he rates the Dane as better than him!

The former Manchester United centre-half told the Sunday Mercury: "I think I'd put him a little bit above me.

"And that's not me trying to be modest.

"I never scored the amount of goals that he's scored so that's where I fall down a little bit against him because I didn't score enough goals.

"Defensive-wise we were pretty similar really to be honest. We were both good in the air.

"I'm going to be a bit cheeky here and say I might have had a bit more pace than him in my younger years.

"But where he was better than me was his goalscoring and his leadership. I didn't open my mouth, I wasn't a bossy player. I played my own game and kept my corner of the street clean, if you like. Martin could shout at people and tell them what to do and I needed to be told what to do so I'm sure we would have done well together.

"We played with three at the back which made my job easier, but Martin has had to play in a two, had it a lot harder and has still done magnificently.

"I'd put Martin at least level with me."