Paul Scholes has come out of retirement 退休后再出山 after agreeing to play for Manchester United until the end of the season.

The 37 year-old former England midfielder hung up his boots 退休 at the end of last season and has been coaching at Old Trafford.

He will help United through their injury crisis 因眾多球受傷缺席所致危機(jī) and came off the bench 從替補(bǔ)席上走進(jìn)賽場 for the final 31 minutes of Sunday's 3-2 win at Manchester City.

The locally-born player's return was announced only an hour before kick-off . Star striker Wayne Rooney revealed afterwards that the decision was a closely-guarded secret 絕對保守的秘密 inside the club.

The veteran 老資格隊(duì)員 midfielder spent his entire career at Old Trafford and made his debut 首次參賽 in the League Cup in 1994.

Scholes went on to make 676 appearances for United, winning 10 Premier League titles and two Champions League trophies.

The Premier League champions are beset受挫 by injury concerns in midfield, with Darren Fletcher ruled out for the rest of the season by a bowel condition 腸道病 and Tom Cleverley struggling with an ankle problem.

Scholes, who made only 16 Premier League starts 首發(fā)陣容 for United last season, made what was thought to be his final appearance in United's 3-1 defeat by Barcelona in the Champions League final in May.

Of players to attempt over 1,000 passes in the Premier League last season, Paul Scholes had the highest success rate (90.2%)