Man Utd Transfers: 10 Replacements For Scholes

10. Christian Eriksen

A Danish breakout star at 16 with FC Copenhagen and in a World Cup squad at 18, Eriksen attracted a lot of plaudits and impressive comparisons to the Laudrup brothers by Johan Cruyff and many awards recognising his considerable talent. Like Paul Scholes, he is known for his incisive passing and link up play with team mates, as 48 assists in his short career shows. The prospect of Robin Van Persie, Wayne Rooney and/or Javier Hernandez in front of him is a mouth-watering one, considering how valuable his approach would be for their goal scoring records. As always with Sir Alex Ferguson, Eriksen's signature would be completed with one eye on the future: Sir Alex invariably looks to the future and to building a team who could mature beyond the limit of his own tenure.