Paul Ince picks his #One2Eleven on The Fantasy Football Club

Former Manchester United, Liverpool and Inter Milan midfielder Paul Ince joined Fenners and Merse to pick his #One2Eleven.

Ince, who also earned 53 caps for England, was in the studio to select the best team out of the host of footballing talent he’s played alongside in a career which spanned more than 20 years.

So, without further ado, here's who he selected...

GOALKEEPER: Peter Schmeichel

It has to be Big Pete. What a fantastic goalkeeper he was. I played with David Seaman as well and he was also very good, but Schmeichel was just at a different level. Normally when someone goes through on a goalkeeper you just pray, but when it was Schmeichel you just knew he was going to save it.

He could throw the ball as far as he could kick it. The amount of times we used to get corners against us and he would collect the ball, throw it to Andrei Kanchelskis or Ryan Giggs and we would score goals or create chances. As I said it was close between him and Seaman but the big man wins it for me, the best goalkeeper in the world during his time.

RIGHT-BACK: Javier Zanetti

He was a great player, an absolutely great player. He came to Inter Milan the same time as me and I think he cost £650,000. And he was just awesome. He was a young kid but he kind of slotted in with the way we played. The reason why I put him in instead of Gary Neville was because Javi could play in different positions. I always want a player in my team who can be flexible.

Whatever position he played in – right back, right wing or centre midfield – he was world class. I’ve haven’t known a player that can play in three or four different positions and still be world class. Inter Milan retired his No 4 shirt and that says it all. Neville was great but Javi was unbelievable and could create or score more goals than Gary from that position.

CENTRE-BACK: Tony Adams (Rodders)

Colossus, a colossal player and a proper centre half. In our England team in 1998 we were all men, all big characters. But Adams was the men of men. He was a leader and he inspired people around him. People used to say he wasn’t the greatest passer of the ball but he wasn’t that bad. If you remember, his volley for Arsenal against Everton shows he could play. He could tackle, although he wasn’t the quickest, but his timing of the tackle great. He used to organise whoever was playing alongside him, he was an organiser. I did think about Steve Bruce but, for me, Rodders was top draw.

CENTRE-BACK: Gary Pallister

Gary was very unlucky not to play for England more times than he did, as too was (Steve) Brucey who never played and that was unbelievable. Laziest man you’d ever meet in football, if we were running he would be at the back. When we finished training he would be the first one of the door. I used to go around his house and he’s been playing his PlayStation eating sweets, he’d be there for five or six hours doing it.

But when it came to playing football you would never see anyone go past him. He had those telescopic legs where he used to drag balls around, he was quick and he could play and that’s why I put him alongside Rodders because he was a ball player. He could come out with the ball, break up play, stride forward, play and make things happen. The only negative thing I’d say about him is that he didn’t score enough goals for his height.

LEFT-BACK: Roberto Carlos

This might surprise a few people because Dennis Irwin was a top-class left-back. When I first got to Inter Milan I looked at his legs and I couldn’t believe how big they were, they were twice the size of mine. You could see it in the way he plays and the way he strikes the ball, he had great pace, his recovery runs were brilliant, he could tackle, he was an incredible player.

RIGHT WING: David Beckham

This is an easy decision, he was a true professional. Technically he was the best player I’ve played with. As soon as training had finished, all the gear would come out and he’d be practising free kicks, corners and he’d do it for an hour. Every training session he’d give 100 per cent and while he wouldn’t beat someone, if you gave him a yard he’d put the best ball in you’d ever seen. What a player, absolutely fantastic.

CENTRE MIDFIELD: Roy Keane (c)

Keano without a doubt, I could have put Steven Gerrard in there but, apart from the little bad side he had, he was a complete midfield player for me. He was inspirational, he was a leader, he could score you vital goals, he could tackle when he had to, he could be naughty when he wanted to. Playing alongside him for three or four years at United as much as I did probably improved his game a bit and he improved my game a lot.

CENTRE MIDFIELD: Paul Gascoigne

What more can you say about Gazza that everyone already knows? He just had everything. He wasn’t the quickest but he had that injection of pace to get away from people and I remember when I first saw him when I was playing at Upton Park alongside Billy Bonds. Billy was just chasing him across the park and he was saying ‘keep up old man, keep up old man’. He scored all types of goals and without a doubt he was the best player I’ve played alongside.

LEFT WING: Ryan Giggs

I’ve seen Merse on a Saturday play a game and he’s been unplayable, but that was just one game. Giggsy could play 20 games and be unplayable. He was that good. An outstanding player and the longevity of what he’s done in the game, coupled with his mind set to go and play in midfield for a few years, says it all. As a winger he’s the best there will ever be.

CENTRE FORWARD: Eric Cantona

I couldn’t leave him out. When I think about what he gave us as a team, when he came to the club I knew we would win the title. He just had that aura and presence about him. He took the responsibility away from us players, it was like he said ‘I’m Eric, and I’m here to win the title for you’. He was unbelievable.

He would come in half past nine in the morning  - an hour before us lot - do his own warm up and practise his skills and his touches and by the end of the season there were about eight or nine players joining him at half past nine. I wasn’t one of them by the way. The goals he scored, and the importance they had to the team, made him an unbelievable player. It was just a shame he didn’t stay a bit longer, he had so much more to give.

STRIKER: Alan Shearer

There were so many strikers I could have gone with: Ian Wright, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Ivan Zamarano. But when I think what I would want from a striker if I was a manager I’d want Alan Shearer. It’s not just the goals he scores in the box, he was powerful, he could work the channels, his retention of the ball was fantastic and he was another one, like Tony Adams, who was a man. He was completely different and I don’t think we’ll see a player of that mould again.