Paul Scholes has reiterated that Declan Rice is not his type of midfielder after receiving heavy-handed criticism for not naming the Arsenal player as one of the best in the Premier League.

Scholes has said on the Stick to Football Podcast: "I get slagged off for this, but I did a top five the other week, and because I don't put people like [Moises] Caicedo and Declan Rice, because I like a different type of midfielder.

"I like a Vitinha at PSG, I think he's brilliant - he's amazing. I thought [Alexis] MacAllister last year, at Liverpool, was brilliant, now he's not started great this year.

"But I like that more, not so much attacking midfielder, but that more controlling one who can do a bit of everything, not just the defensive one who just gets around it and might score the odd goal here and there, I like the more progressive type."

Scholes then answered who would be his starting midfield for England. "[Jude] Bellingham has to be in there just because of...