Inside Paul Scholes’ £3.9m mansion including football pitch, heated swimming pool,… – But Man Utd legend sold it after 21 years for break up with wife

PAUL SCHOLES has put his luxury mansion on the market for a staggering £3.9million after his split from wife Claire.

The Manchester United legend, 45, decided to sell the house just weeks after Claire left their marital home and stopped wearing her wedding ring.

Scholes is selling his home - complete with football pitch and netball court - after 21 years

Scholes is selling his home – complete with football pitch and netball court – after 21 years

Man Utd legend Paul Scholes' wife Claire leaves their marital home of 21 years and 'stops wearing wedding ring' – The Sun | The Sun

Scholes is selling his marital home after wife Claire left and stopped wearing her wedding ring

The seven-bed mansion is situated in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester

The seven-bed mansion is situated in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester

The stunning home comes complete with a fully-equipped gym

The stunning home comes complete with a fully-equipped gym

The Scholeses even have a games room, including pool table, in the pad

The Scholeses even have a games room, including pool table, in the pad

Scholes had a putting green installed at his home to work on his golf

Scholes had a putting green installed at his home to work on his golf

Scholes and his family – including his three children – have lived at the luxurious 13,000sq ft property for 21 years.

The former England star bought the pad soon after the 1998 World Cup.

The mansion is described as one of the “finest homes in Saddleworth”, in Greater Manchester, and features no fewer than seven bedrooms.

Scholes’ home – which was redesigned and refurbished in full in 2015 – also features its very own football pitch, home gym and putting green.

Sticking with the sporting theme, the mansion even features a netball court, with daughter Alicia, 18, on the brink of breaking into the Manchester Thunder team.

The Saddleworth property also comes kitted out with a separate “executive detached house” in the landscape grounds.

Other incredible perks include a steam room, sauna, indoor heated swimming pool, home cinema and games room.

But now it appears the Scholeses will be leaving their family home after Paul and Claire split.

The Greater Manchester home comes fitted with an indoor, heated swimming pool

The Greater Manchester home comes fitted with an indoor, heated swimming pool 

Paul Scholes bought the home shortly after the 1998 World Cup

Paul Scholes bought the home shortly after the 1998 World Cup

Scholes is selling the home for £3.9m after his wife, Claire, left

Scholes is selling the home for £3.9m after his wife, Claire, left

Scholes has put the home on the market for close to £4m

Scholes has put the home on the market for close to £4m 

Scholes looks set to leave his home after more than two decades

Scholes looks set to leave his home after more than two decades

A source told The Sun the pair, both 45, are “devastated”.

They added: “You have to feel for them as they both value family above everything else.

“They’ve been together forever and nobody saw this coming.”

in the age of eighteen, Scholes, who was raised on a council estate that seemed to be miles away from their Saddleworth house, met Claire in his neighborhood bar.

After six years, they got married.

Scholes, who is estimated to be worth £27 million, frequently posted photos of himself and Claire on Instagram, however the most recent one was posted in February.

The former midfield player went so far as to declare that he left England service in 2004 because he missed Claire too much.