Ex-Man Utd coach claims Scholes was ‘bullied’ into England duty he ‘hated’

Former Man Utd first-team coach Mick Clegg claims Paul Scholes “hated” playing for England and was “worried about the reaction” if he quit.

Despite playing for the Red Devils until 2013, Scholes retired from international football in August 2004, insisting that his family life and club career at Old Trafford were more important.

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Scholes won another five Premier League titles, two League Cups and another Champions League trophy with Man Utd after quitting the international stage.

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And Clegg explains how Scholes had confided in him, while having a brew together, that he “hated” England duty.

“I had a kettle in the gym so that I didn’t have to keep nipping up to the canteen for a brew,” Clegg wrote in his new book, The Power and the Glory.

“Scholsey was always telling me to put the kettle on and one day we were having a chat about the Euros that summer. He said he hated playing for England, which came as a bit of a shock.

“I asked him why he kept turning up and he said ‘well it’s England, that’s what you have to do.’

“Paul was worried about the reaction he would get from the rest of the country if he stopped playing for England.

“I asked him if he’d ever felt the same way playing for his school team or with his mates or for United – and he said that was different. He loved that.

“I told him that he was being bullied into doing something that went against