5. Nick Powell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1YEaeNqYPo Perhaps given the success of nurturing talent at Old Trafford, a potential replacement comes from within? Currently, Powell is being gently integrated into the first team, as well as gaining good exposure on a lower scale with an extended run in the central midfield of Man United's U-21 team, scoring goals to help his star rise (
scored his debut senior Man United goal v Wigan on 15th September,
as well as a couple of goals in a recent win v West Ham in U21 Premier League game). Add that to a sharp rise to making his debut England U21 earlier this year, he looks to have got a surety and calmness on the ball about him, characteristics that set Paul Scholes out from the ordinary. Attributes look to be the same as Scholes, goals out of the ordinary can be scored, like Scholes and he's only 19, so he has plenty of years ahead of him to make himself a modern great, both for club and country.