Owen Hargreaves settles the Paul Scholes v Steven Gerrard debate once and for all with clear answer

Owen Hargreaves has previously settled the Paul Scholes vs Steven Gerrard debate.

Scholes and Gerrard are two of the best midfielders England have ever produced.

During their careers, the two players won multiple trophies playing for Manchester United and Liverpool respectively.

Over the years, football fans have been debating to decide the better player between the pair.

Back in September 2024, ex-England star Hargreaves was asked to pick between former teammates Scholes and Gerrard.

He said to talkSPORT: "Both crazy players, different.

"Scholesy's like smaller and not as physical, Stevie, he's like 6ft1 and everything."

Hargreaves continued: "But, Scholesy, I love Scholesy. He was just, two steps ahead of everybody."

When asked if Scholes was the ultimate midfielder that he played with, Hargreaves simply replied: "All day."

In 2021, during an interview with Give Me Sport, Hargreaves spoke about the differences between Scholes and Gerrard.

He explained: "Scholesy is one of the smartest players I've ever seen kick a ball. Even in England training in that generation - we had Becks, Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney and so on - whoever's team he was on won. He just had a thing where he made football look so easy.

"But again, Stevie was different. Stevie was good at everything and he could kill you. Physically so strong. He could tackle, pass long, pass short, drive from midfield, come up with huge goals - personality to die for."

Hargreaves also touched on Frank Lampard, who is often involved in the midfield debate alonside Scholes and Gerrard: "And then you've got Frank. Frank was the ultimate winner. He made the absolute most out of everything he had. I loved that about Frank.

"I just used to watch him work all of the time. In England training: work, work, work. Just to improve to get better. So, it's not a fair comparison because they're all so special and if Scholesly had got in [the Hall of Fame] first, I don't think Frank or Stevie would have been upset.

"I don't think Scholsey would have been upset that Frank and Stevie got it in because we're talking about three really iconic players."

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