Paul Scholes is the best midfielder in the Premier League at the moment, playing fantastic attacking football at the age of 35. The veteran has admitted he is 'surprised' he is still playing this season. While most players his age are in retirement, Scholsey is still pulling the strings...

Scholes began his dazzling spell of form coming into the late stages of last season, and continued to impress whilst on tour in America. He has now started the season off on a high note, with great performances against Newcastle United, Fulham and West Ham United - scoring his 150th club goal at Craven Cottage - Scholes has equaled his standards of the past.

Speaking to MUTV, the Old Trafford veteran said: "At Christmas last season I did not think I would be playing in this one. I wasn't playing well enough. The season before last I had an injury for three months and then from Christmas onwards my form wasn't brilliant. Leading up to Christmas last year it still wasn't great."

"I wasn't playing as much as I would have liked but you need to be playing well to get into the team. I set myself high standards. I want to feel as though I am contributing to the team. If I am not doing that what is the point of being here."

"The manager has handled me, Ryan and Gary the same way for the last couple of seasons and I am sure this season will be no different," he added. "If I am playing well enough, maybe I will play 25 or 30 games. You want to play every game but at our age, you can't."

Scholes also told the club's official channel that he wants to stay in football, and has revealed he is close to completing his first set of coaching badges...