Scholes: Success with England has not happened due to club rivalries

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes club rivalries hamper England’s chances of success.

The 36-year-old retired from internationals in 2004 but says there was an atmosphere of suspicion between players from rival clubs during his time in the squad.

Club rivalries: Paul Scholes says players struggled to gel with club rivals

‘There is a big rivalry between clubs in this country and it isn’t healthy when you go away on international duty,’ he said.

‘When I was with England, there was always a lot of United players and Liverpool players in the squad and it was obvious that some of our lads didn’t like some of their boys and some of their lads didn’t like some of us.’