Published: 08:00, 30 October 2025 | Updated: 08:01, 30 October 2025

Paul Scholes has revealed that his decision to step back from television punditry was based on wanted to care for his 20-year-old autistic son Aiden, with the Manchester United legend opening up on the challenges and rewards of caring for him in an emotional new interview. 

Like many of his former Man United team-mates, Scholes has been a former player in-demand since his retirement in 2013. 

The 50-year-old was previously a frequent fixture on television coverage of domestic and European matches, but this season has stepped away from his live broadcasting responsibilities to focus on podcasting. 

But aside from 'hating' media appearances, as Scholes told his old team-mate Gary Neville on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, the former midfielder gave up the majority of his television work in order to build a routine with Aiden, who is non-verbal and was diagnosed with 'severe autism', in Scholes' words, at the age of two-and-a-half. 

'All the work I do now is just around his routines,...