Liverpool have been revelling in worldwide plaudits after beating Flamengo in the final of the Club World Cup. The Reds can officially call themselves the greatest team on the planet and have been rewarded with a gold FIFA badge to wear on their shirts as they look to retain the Champions League. Praise of their new status has been almost universal - except around certain quarters of Old Trafford. 

Paul Scholes, despite having won the tournament with Manchester United in 2008, is unmoved by the success of Jurgen Klopp's side and insists the Club World Cup is not valued by players.  

When asked on BBC Radio 5 Live how much United's triumph a decade ago meant to him as a player, he replied: 

"Well you want to win it once you're there but I don't think it was ever something that we were desperate to win.

"Even now if someone said to you 'what trophies did you win over the years?' I don't think we'd mention the Club World Championship. 

"I really don't. I'm not joking, I'm serious! 

"But you know what, it's like anything else, it might take more importance over the years.

"It looks like Liverpool have enjoyed it, they've celebrated it and probably will mention it and why not - but just when we were playing it wasn't that serious I don't think. 

"But now you look back I suppose you're quite happy but it's not something you set out to do as a player I don't think." 

Robbie Savage then asked Scholes what meant more to him - lifting the Club World Cup or winning a trophy at his local badminton club - and his reply was inevitable. 

"My badminton trophy!" 

Scholes may not take their recent achievements seriously but it is the third trophy Liverpool have won in six months after the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup. 

Perhaps a greater measure of Liverpool right now is their latest statement about the gulf between them and the rest of English football on Boxing Day by thrashing nearest title rivals Leicester 4-0.