Scholes believes that Falcao, who signed a late loan deal from Monaco on deadline day, is an exceptional player but insists his former club will only be able to field two of their big-name strikers.
Writing in his column for the Independent, Scholes said: 'When I watched Falcao play for Porto, Atletico Madrid and Monaco I saw a striker with excellent movement and a goalscoring record that is simply out of this world.
'Falcao creates competition in United's forward line. There is no way that Van Gaal can play Rooney, Van Persie and Falcao together. It will have to be two from three and which two it is hard to say as yet.'
Scholes believes the club's astonishing summer spending spree, which has seen Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marco Rojo, Angel di Maria and Danny Blind arrive at Old Trafford for a combined fee of around £150 million, has given Van Gaal a squad capable of finishing in the top four.
'Credit has to go to [executive vice-chairman] Ed Woodward, who has left Van Gaal a squad that should be capable of finishing in the top four," he said.
'I don't think the league title is realistic but Champions League football is the aim. Now it is over to Van Gaal to shape the team.
Despite being excited by the new arrivals, Scholes admits he was disappointed to see academy graduate Danny Welbeck leave in a £16m move to Arsenal - even if he is unlikely to score 20 goals in a season.
'It shows how highly regarded Danny is that a club as big as Arsenal signed him. He will be a good signing for Arsene Wenger,' he said.
'Danny will never be a 20-25 goals-a-season man but he could get Arsenal 10 to 15.'
Meanwhile, former manager Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed his amazement at United's spending this summer.
'Certainly it's amazing, the amount of money spent nowadays,' he said at the annual UEFA coaches seminar in Nyon.
'My personal opinion is that it's never going to change, the world is progressing, and transfer fees with it, and I don't know if there will be an end to it. Fortunately, I'm not at the hub of it nowadays.'
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