Paul Scholes nodded when Luke Littler named which Liverpool legend he would want to see in Manchester United's starting XI.

Littler, who is a Manchester United fan and regularly attends games both at Old Trafford and away from home, appeared on a special edition of 'The Good, The Bad and The Football' podcast with regular co-host Scholes to discuss all things darts and football.

After leaving Scholes stunned by revealing what he spent a chunk of his World Darts Championship winnings on, the pair did reach an agreement when discussing Liverpool and United.

Luke Littler and Paul Scholes take on Liverpool, Man Utd challenge

As part of a 'Cards on the Table' segment, Littler read out the question: "Which Liverpool players, past or present, do you wish played for United?"

'The Nuke' laughed before stating that he wouldn't pick any, but Scholes immediately put forward the name of Virgil van Dijk.

"I reckon people will be saying Gerrard, won't they?" Scholes said. "He'd have been a good sub for us, actually, wouldn't he! I'm only joking, Steven, I'm joking.

"If we needed a player now, it would be Van Dijk. Or the keeper, I like the keeper [Alisson] as well. But apart from that, nobody."

"I think I'll have to go with Salah," Littler said, changing his initial reply. "We've not been treated with right wingers, have we?"

"Yeah. I forgot about him, yeah," Scholes agreed. "He's not bad, him, is he? We'll have two - Mo Salah and Van Dijk."

Salah, of course, no longer plays for Liverpool after leaving the club by mutual consent in the summer. He subsequently signed for Turkish Super Lig side Trabzonspor.

'Would you?' - Paul Scholes surprised at Luke Littler's darts versus Man Utd answer

Scholes was visibly surprised when Littler declared that he would prefer United to win another treble over himself winning a third consecutive World Darts Championship.

"Honestly? I wouldn't," Scholes said.

"My dad witnessed the treble, I didn't," Littler explained. 'The Nuke' was born in 2007, almost eight years after United's infamous treble - and though he was alive when United won the Premier League and Champions League titles in 2008, he was only one and a half years old.

"You'll win it [the world championship] every other year anyway, won't you, so it'll be alright," Scholes predicted.

"Just have a year off!" Littler laughed.

The 19-year-old is the heavy favourite to win this year's World Championship at Alexandra Palace, having enjoyed a near-perfect season.

Littler was still in with a chance of completing a 'clean sweep' of major PDC tournaments in 2026 prior to last month's World Series Finals, but suffered defeat to Jonny Clayton before losing to Luke Woodhouse in the first round of the World Grand Prix.

'The Nuke' also lost 6-5 to Cam Crabtree in the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship on Monday, and will now prepare to compete for the European Championship - the only major PDC title that, at 19 years of age, he is yet to win.