‘Ginger prince’ ready to give big two a royal scare

PAUL SCHOLES has banished the demons that haunted him for seven months and Ryan Giggs believes Manchester United’s “ginger prince” could now give Chelsea and Arsenal a severe scare.

It has been 20 long games since Scholes last found the net, his brutal FA Cup semi-final winner against the Gunners in April. Since then it has been one failure after another. Not even a shock retirement from international duty has stirred Scholes into life.

So listless had he become that previously unthinkable talk of him being axed by Alex Ferguson was starting to be raised. But those inside Old Trafford’s hallowed halls stood firm.