Ahead of the Legends match between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, Quinton Fortune has recalled the moment at the end of last summer’s game when Bastian Schweinsteiger waited for Paul Scholes’ shirt like a fan would.
I’ll never forget something really special that happened, when Schweinsteiger waited for Scholesy at half-time so he could get his shirt. This is someone who had just won the World Cup, and he was there waiting like a fan. I have a lot of respect for Bayern’s players for gestures like that, but it also shows the amount of respect people have for Scholes.
At the time, Scholes talked of his surprise at Schweinsteiger wanting his shirt.
Schweinsteiger gave me one of his shirts as well, which was nice of him. He is an amazing footballer so it was nice to speak to him and I was quite pleased. I’m not sure why he wanted my shirt though!