Biography

Scored on his full England debut in the 2-0 defeat of Italy in 1997.

On 9 May 2001 Paul and Claire announced the birth of their second child, a daughter named Alicia.

Has spent his whole career at Manchester United FC

Scored an international hat-trick for England against Poland

England international footballer.

I fear England are going the way of the Republic of Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

English players are not getting enough first-team time in the Premier League. We're going backwards from 1990 and the era of Paul Gascoigne and that 'conveyor belt of talent'. Simply, the Premier League is riddled with average foreign players. This is having such a detrimental effect on the first-team opportunities for young English talent, and our international results.

[on Lisandro Martínez's height and physical capability] [Erling] Haaland would score then throw him in the net.

[on Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo having their jacket hoods up during a Manchester United training session] Don't mind hats and gloves but no way can you train properly with your hood up... standards begin on the training pitch... bye!

[on previous comments from himself and Nicky Butt regarding Lisandro Martínez's height and physical capability] No, I'm not apologising for it, no. The thing we were trying to say was we thought and it still is: physically, it's a mismatch. Now look, the way we described it probably wasn't great and we probably shouldn't have done that but still: it was [a mismatch]. He's had one good game. [smiles]