Who are the greatest players in Manchester United’s history? The Athletic gave Andy Mitten the task of compiling his top 25, and we are counting them down this summer, in reverse order.He explains his thought process here.‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis may have been England’s anthem this summer, but it didn’t quite get the same reception when Patrice Evra put it on in Manchester United’s dressing room.“No,” said Paul Scholes when he heard it. “They’re City. Never f*****g put Oasis on again.”Scholes, raised on the 1950s Langley overspill estate five miles from Manchester city centre where Ken Loach set his bleak film Raining Stones, knew the score.“For much of my career, I never had to worry about them (City),” he said when asked who United’s main rivals were. “For a lot of it, they weren’t even in our division. I’d probably have to go for City overall, though. Being a Manchester lad, a Manchester derby was always the big one.”It was against City that Scholes made an improbable comeback for United, in 2012, having previously retired from playing football.“We went into the dressing room and saw a shirt hung up with ‘18’ and ‘Scholes’ on it,” Evra recalled in his autobiography. “It was like winning the league for us, it gave us such a big lift ahead and even though he didn’t come on until the second half, we’d already run into a 3-0 lead at half-time.”Scholes played 718 times for Manchester United, the third-most in the club’s history. He also scored 155 goals, the 10th-most and more than Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andy Cole and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.He won 11 Premier League titles, three FA Cups, two Champions Leagues and nine other trophies, including United twice being world champions. The Ginger Prince also scored the goal which prompted the loudest atmosphere at Old Trafford so far this century, a 25-yard screaming half-volley against Barcelona in the 2008 Champions League semi-final second leg, the only goal across both legs.Some quotes from Scholes’ autobiography explain how he was viewed around the world.“Paul Scholes is my favourite player,” said the legendary Sir Bobby Charlton. “He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.”“You rarely come across the complete footballer but Scholes is as close to it as you can get,” opined French legend Zinedine Zidane.“He is the best midfielder of his generation,” said Pep Guardiola.“The best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes,” added another Barcelona legend, Xavi.