Paul Scholes Comments on Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia After Manchester Derby

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has singled out Daley Blind and Antonio Valencia as weak links following the team’s loss to Manchester City on Saturday.

The Red Devils were found wanting at Old Trafford in the derby, as Pep Guardiola’s side showed their class in a pulsating contest. City unpicked United brilliantly in the first period to go up 2-0, and Scholes has lamented the poor defending of Blind that contributed to the double setback, per Stuart Mathieson of the Manchester Evening News:

Blind is a better defensive midfielder for United than he is a centre-back but he’s been an excellent partner for Eric Bailly so far this season, hence why Chris Smalling is not in the team at the moment yet he’s not won everybody over yet.

Why? Because he’s physically limited in the Premier League and people are expecting him to be found at some point, I suppose I still am, and against City he was found wanting against a dynamic Kevin de Bruyne.

I would rather see Smalling partner Bailly in the long-term.

The former England international then turned his attention to Valencia, who has been one of United’s standout performers early in the season. 

“As for Valencia, he’s not a right-back,” …

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