Scholes' United-Heavy Mount Rushmore Sparks Banter – And Carragher Rates Salah Just Behind Henry
Paul Scholes named Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, and Thierry Henry as his Premier League Mount Rushmore, emphasising title winners amid podcast banter. Jamie Carragher praised departing Mohamed Salah as the second-best overseas attacker in Prem history behind only Henry. The debate highlights the impossibility of such lists, with nods to snubs like Gerrard, Shearer, and Lampard.
Scholes' Red Mountain: Keane, Giggs, Rooney and a Token Henry
Picture this: you're at the pub, pint in hand, and Paul Scholes drops his Premier League Mount Rushmore. The United legend, with 11 league titles under his belt from the Ferguson glory days, doesn't mess about. He goes straight for Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, and Wayne Rooney – all ex-teammates who bled red.
Host Paddy McGuinness chimes in with a classic: "Can I just stop you there?" Fellow Red Nicky Butt probes if it's a United-only affair, and Paddy quips it's a "f***ing red mountain." Scholes fires back: the reds won the lot, mate. Then, for balance, he tosses in Thierry Henry – the Arsenal king who terrorised everyone.
Butt admits it's brutal leaving out Steven Gerrard and Alan Shearer, the Prem's all-time top scorer. He could've picked Scholes himself or Gerrard, but reckons it's a dead heat. Even Frank Lampard gets a nod for his goals, but Scholes insists: Mount Rushmore's for title winners only.
Carragher's Verdict: Salah's Elite, But Henry's the GOAT Overseas
Switching gears, Jamie Carragher isn't letting Mohamed Salah's Anfield exit slip quietly. In his Telegraph column, he hails the Egyptian as a generational talent, Liverpool's loss being English football's headache. With Kevin De Bruyne already gone from City, we're facing a "superstar famine."
Carra ranks Salah among the best overseas attackers in Prem history. Only Henry eclipses his consistency and numbers, season after bloody season. Sure, Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp, and Eric Cantona dazzle, but none matched Salah's relentless output.
Ronaldo's United stints bookended his Madrid peak, so Salah noses ahead on pure Prem impact. In Carra's ultimate XI front three? Salah slots right in with Henry and Ronaldo – automatic, no debate.
Why These Chats Never Die – And Why We Love 'Em
These pod chats and columns are gold because they're impossible. Scholes' bias? Glorious. Carragher's rankings? Ballsy. Butt nails it: "F***ing stupid these quizzes, stop doing them." Yet we can't get enough.
Keane's steel, Giggs' longevity, Rooney's chaos, Henry's flair – tick the title box. Salah's goals (over 200 in the league) scream elite. Gerrard loyal, Shearer lethal, Lampard a machine – all snubbed, all legends.
It's the banter that sells it. A red mountain? Paddy's sweary outburst? Pure pub gold. As Salah eyes the exit door amid contract talks, and United fans reminisce, one truth holds: the Prem's carved from these warriors. Who's your Rushmore? Grab a pint and argue it out.
(Drawing from chats on The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast and Carragher's Telegraph piece, as covered by Football365 via OneFootball.)