{"id":297055,"date":"2023-10-24T21:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297055"},"modified":"2023-10-24T21:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:24:23","slug":"scholes-reveals-sir-bobby-joined-in-training-for-barcelona-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/scholes-reveals-sir-bobby-joined-in-training-for-barcelona-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholes reveals Sir Bobby joined in training for Barcelona clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Paul Scholes reveals Sir Bobby Charlton joined Manchester United players in training at the age of 61 ahead of their Champions League clash against Barcelona in 1999<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Paul Scholes says Sir Bobby Charlton joined in training before 1999 final<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Former United midfielder believes that Sir Bobby &#8216;symbolised the club&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new Man United WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Manchester United favourite Paul Scholes has suggested that Sir Bobby Charlton &#8216;symbolised the football club&#8217; following his passing at the age of 86 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Scholes, who was speaking before United paid tribute to Sir Bobby ahead of their Champions League tie against FC Copenhagen, remembered the 1966 World Cup winner as a constant presence at Old Trafford throughout his time as a player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two-time Champions League winner Scholes even revealed that the club legend got involved in a training session ahead of a Champions League tie against Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>He said on TNT Sports: &#8216;The night before we played in the Nou Camp he actually joined in training with us. I think somebody said he was 61 years of age. You look back and you realise how lucky you were to be involved with such a man.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you&#8217;re brought up at this football club you&#8217;re taught to have class whether you win or lose and that was Sir Bobby Charlton. When you see him in the dressing room he&#8217;s commiserating you if you got beaten. He&#8217;s congratulating you if you&#8217;ve won a game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/21\/76954065-0-image-a-17_1698178969391.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul Scholes told TNT Sport that Sir Bobby Charlton joined in a training session with the Man United squad before a Champions League tie against Barcelona\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/21\/76954079-0-image-a-18_1698178973973.jpg\" height=\"488\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scholes added that Sir Bobby &#8216;symbolised the football club&#8217; and was someone &#8216;you looked up to and were happy to have around&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The man just symbolised this football club, he was a picture of class you looked up to that we were happy to have around.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Bobby made 758 appearances for United throughout a stellar career that also saw him earn 106 caps for England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He won the 1966 World Cup alongside older brother Jack, and was a leading light for both club and country after surviving the 1958 Munich Air Disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s pre-match tribute to one of their greatest-ever players involved Erik ten Hag laying a wreath on the Old Trafford pitch alongside Sir Bobby&#8217;s former team-mate Alex Stepney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fellow TNT pundit Rio Ferdinand said: &#8216;He was just a fantastic human being first and foremost. A wonderful football player but the way that he carried himself as a human being was the thing that stood out for me above everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The football club ran through his veins. We used to sometimes stand there and think &#8220;how is he still here?&#8221; He just loved this football club like not many I&#8217;ve ever seen before.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Scholes added: &#8216;He was a wonderful, wonderful man. It was sad day when we found out the news but I think if you look at all the tributes around the world &#8211; the first player that comes to your mind when you think about Man United is Sir Bobby Charlton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/21\/76954033-0-image-a-19_1698178986535.jpg\" height=\"585\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir Bobby made 758 appearances for United as a player and was part of the England side that won the 1966 World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/21\/76952729-0-He_was_joined_on_either_side_by_former_United_goalkeeper_Alex_St-a-20_1698178996846.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United paid tribute to Sir Bobby ahead of their Champions League game against Copenhagen\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/21\/76952799-12667993-Both_sets_of_players_observed_a_minutes_silence_in_memory_of_Uni-a-12_1698180433109.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Both sets of players observed a minutes silence in memory of United great Sir Bobby<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To go through what he went through with the tragedy of Munich and then to go on to win the European Cup and the World Cup &#8211; it&#8217;s just a really sad evening tonight and let&#8217;s just hope we get through it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag and his squad wrote personal messages in memory of Charlton at their Carrington training ground, which will be added to a book of condolence that has been opened at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>More than a thousand fans signed the book within a day of his death being announced as supporters flocked to Old Trafford to pay their respects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United plan to further commemorate Sir Bobby at Sunday&#8217;s game against Man City when they will hold a minute\u2019s applause and show expressions of fan remembrance with flags and surfer banners in the stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12667993\/Paul-Scholes-reveals-Sir-Bobby-Charlton-joined-Manchester-United-players-training-age-61-ahead-Champions-League-clash-against-Barcelona-1999.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Scholes reveals Sir Bobby Charlton joined Manchester United players in training at the age of 61 ahead of their <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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