Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has named the ‘best team in the world’ after the Champions League quarter-finals got underway.

The business end of the Champions League began on Tuesday night with Bayern Munich beating Real Madrid and Arsenal overcoming Sporting quarter-final first-leg ties.

The huge European games keep on coming with struggling reigning Premier League champions Liverpool taking on Champions League holders PSG on Wednesday night, while Barcelona face La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid.

Scholes has hailed PSG as the ‘best team in the world’ ahead of those fixtures but insists it is not beyond the realms of possibility that Liverpool will beat the Champions League holders.

The former Manchester United and England midfielder says a PSG win is the most likely outcome, however, and claims Liverpool losing could even cost Arne Slot his job.

Slot is under immense pressure at Anfield less than 12 months since guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title, with the Reds just fifth in the Premier League and in serious danger of failing to win any trophies.

‘Do you know the weird thing? Liverpool could actually go and beat PSG,’ Scholes said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast. ‘If...