The ‘Steven Gerrard vs Paul Scholes vs Frank Lampard’ debate has been going on for ages now and each time a new expert chooses to add a little bit of fuel to the fire.
Some time back it was Thierry Henry who claimed that while Steven Gerrard and Lampard were good but Paul Scholes was definitely the pick of the lot.
Now though Michael Owen who had played for both Man United and Liverpool has claimed that the current Rangers FC boss was the standout player amongst the two.
“If you watch Scholesy in training, your tongue is hanging out,” Owen said on The Greatest Game with Jamie Carragher podcast.
“He can give you the eyes, you can think he’s heading it that way and he’ll almost do a reverse spinner off the other side of his head. He can drop a ball on a sixpence. He is just total and utter genius.
“But there’s that and there’s the actual practicalities of playing on a big pitch where you need size, strength, substance, running ability, all these things.
“And if you play one v one, you against you, Stevie against any of the names that you’ve played, I think he would eat them for dinner.
“Someone like Scholesy obviously had different attributes. I mean, unbelievable the way he changed his game from being a bombing midfielder scoring to a quarterback. Total genius.
“Frank Lampard, who can question his goalscoring and how he got every ounce out of his ability?
“But to me, Stevie’s on a different level than anything I’ve seen or played with and as you’ve said, I’m not blowing smoke up my a***, I’ve played with some great Man United players, Liverpool players, Real Madrid, England.
“Put it this way. If i’m saying tomorrow rewind the clock, you’re going into battle now, you’re playing in the Champions League final, who’s your first pick? I’d have Steven Gerrard as my first pick out of anyone.”
