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Paul Scholes doesn't believe Phil Jones is 'clever enough' to play at centre-half.

Jones started at right-back for England against Ireland on Sunday, ahead of Southampton's Nathaniel Clyne.

And ahead of the game, Scholes, working as a pundit for ITV, suggesting full-back might be the 23-year-old's best position.

Jones has played at full-back, centre-back and in midfield for United since his £16m move from Blackburn in 2011.

Jones played consistently at centre-half under Louis van Gaal last season, although the Dutchman is expected to strengthen his defence this summer.

But Scholes has questioned whether he's got the intelligence to play there regularly and suggested his future for United and England might be at right-back.

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Scholes said: "I just think at centre back, when he is playing against clever forwards, he tends to get dragged out of position quite a easily.

"At right back you still need to be clever positionally, but I think he can use his pace and power and he hasn't got a bad delivery either.

"When he first came to Manchester United he was a right back, he played right back all the time. He has got strength and power and he can get up and down the pitch.

"I just think at centre half, he is not quite clever enough to do it."

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