Scholes opens up on drinking habits that 'worried' Man Utd enough to call home

Paul Scholes has revealed Manchester United youth manager Eric Harrison once told his parents he was 'worried' about the midfielder's drinking.

Scholes made 499 appearances for United, winning 11 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues in two decades in the heart of the Red Devils' midfield.

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Despite his illustrious career, Scholes has not committed to keeping himself in peak condition as a young man at United.

He told Gary Neville on The Overlap that he spent a lot of time in pubs and that the club were concerned about how much alcohol he drank.

Scholes told Neville: "Sometimes we would stay there (at the pub) until eight or nine in the evening from noon, I'm not proud of it, in front of the A and B teams on a Saturday night ."< /p>

When asked if he would still be fine, Scholes replied, "Sometimes. Most of the time, but that was my way of life. I grew up in pubs as a kid.

“Everywhere I went with my mum and dad as a child involved a pub, that I was outside the pub kicking a ball against the wall. weren't allowed in pubs so I was just outside waiting for my mum and dad all the time I remember one time when I was 16 or 17 or 18 when I was with the youth team, Eric Harrison called my dad and said "we're a little worried about Paul's drinking".

"They said they were a little concerned about my drinking. I remember my dad saying 'he's allowed to have fun, right?' I thought" damn, dad, you shouldn't really be saying that.' No, no, he's not drinking.'

"That's what I grew up on. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and sometimes Monday, came out."

Scholes also spoke to Neville about his 'most important' goal for the Red Devils, revealing it was a 'miskick', and explained how he felt his time at United was over when refused to play a game against Arsenal.