"It was in no way intended to be offensive towards Michael. Michael is one of the nicest people you will ever meet in football, he'd be the last person that I would want to offend. I messaged Michael anyway. I went straight to Michael and said, 'Look, I was never intending to upset you'. And I don't think I needed to say that anyway and he told me himself he wasn't upset by it."
"I think people have just taken it differently from what was meant. The only thing I was saying was that I don't think they played that well the last four games and he's still managing to get results. We had the greatest manager in the world and he always said sometimes you need a bit of luck."
Paul Scholes addressed criticism of an Instagram story post where he commented on Manchester United's recent poor performances under interim manager Michael Carrick. After United's 2-1 defeat to Newcastle, Scholes wrote that Carrick had "something special" despite the team playing poorly in their last four games. His comments drew backlash, including from former teammate Patrice Evra. Scholes explained on a podcast that he directly messaged Carrick to clarify his intentions were not offensive. He emphasized that Carrick is a genuinely nice person and that his post was simply observing that despite poor performances, Carrick was still achieving results. Scholes suggested people misunderstood his meaning.
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