Scholes to manage Oldham

LONDON: Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes has been appointed as manager of Oldham Athletic, the club announced on Monday.Scholes, 44, is taking on his first managerial role, signing a contract with the club he supported as a boy after spending his entire playing career at Old Trafford. The former Premier League club are languishing in mid-table in League Two, the fourth tier of the English game.Manchester United wished Scholes luck, saying in a message on Twitter: “Best of luck to Scholesy in his new role as first-team manager of @OfficialOAFC!” Scholes, who owns a stake in non-league Salford, will step down from his role as director of the National League club.The English Football League gave Scholes the go-ahead last week to take charge of Oldham, ruling that there was no conflict of interest. Scholes, a member of Manchester United’s famed “Class of ‘92” alongside David Beckham and Ryan Giggs, said he wanted to entertain Oldham’s fans.

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