Scholes heads for the sun

PAUL SCHOLES — normally a reluctant traveller — must have been glad to wave goodbye to the snow on Sunday.

Hours after their disappointing draw at Birmingham City, Manchester United boarded a flight to Qatar to spend several days injecting some energy into a flagging season. They return for the Burnley game on Saturday.

Scholes (35), says the weather hasn’t helped the team’s rhythm.

“Players are so fit these days that having a couple of days off doesn’t do much harm.

“But you do have a routine. The weather being the way it has been, there hasn’t been a lot we could do at all. Last week it was just an hour on Thursday and another on Friday.”

United are under the microscope – not a new sensation for the team or a veteran like Scholes.

“We just have to prove people wrong again,” he said