Paul Scholes, the former Manchester United midfielder, has on Thursday 14th March, 2019 with what he referred to as “with great regret” resigned as Oldham Athletic’s manager after only 31 days in charge of the club.
The 44 years old Paul Scholes, who is a lifelong fan of Oldham Athletic won only one game out of the seven games the club played under him as a manager of the club. Oldham Athletic is currently 14th on the log table of the English League Two (fourth-tier)
According to Paul Scholes, it unfortunately clear that he would not be able to operate as he intended to and what he was led to believe prior to taking on the role. Paul Scholes said that he hoped to at the very least, see out his initial term of 18 months as the manager of a club he had supported all his life. He stated that the fans, players, his friends and family all knew how proud and excited he was to take the role of a manager at Oldham Athletic. Paul Scholes has however stated that he wish the fans, the players and the staff – who have been tremendous – all the best for the rest of the season and he will continue to watch and support the club as a fan.
The management of Oldham Athletic confirmed Paul Scholes’s departure by saying that they would like to place on record their thanks to Paul Scholes for his efforts during his spell in charge of the club and would like to wish him well for the future.
Paul Scholes, who spent his entire playing career at Manchester United and played 66 times for England, won 11 Premier League titles, three FA Cups and two Champions League crowns before retiring in 2013 had earlier worked as a television pundit in recent years before he joined the latest England’s so-called “Golden Generation of players to move into management, following Steven Gerrard at Rangers and Frank Lampard at Derby County.
Paul Scholes had before now worked alongside his former team-mate, Ryan Giggs – the current Wales’s manager as caretaker manager of Manchester United for four matches after the sack of David Moyes in 2014.
Paul Scholes became Oldham manager after the sacking of Frankie Bunn and after being cleared by the English Football League which decided that his 10 percent stake in fifth-tier Salford City would not represent a conflict of interest as a manager at Oldham Athletic.
