Gary Neville receives Monday Night Football ribbing but insists he has no regrets about taking Valencia job
* Gary Neville returned to the Sky Sports' studio after spell in management
* Neville had tough time bossing Valencia and sacked after four months
* He was also on England coaching staff during Euro 2016 campaign
* Neville can't explain final 60 minutes of dismal last-16 defeat by Iceland
Gary Neville marked his return to Sky Sports' Monday Night Football by claiming he had no regrets about his decision to take charge of Valencia last season.
But the former Manchester United defender would have expected some ribbing about his time in Spain, where he won 10 and lost 11 of his 28 matches in the job, and, in that respect, he wasn't disappointed.
Neville's fellow studio pundit and Sportsmail columnist, Jamie Carragher, enjoyed making his friend squirm, declaring, 'I've been waiting six months for this'.
Gary Neville was taken back to his stint at Valencia's helm on his return to the Sky studios
But when the impressive Neville addressed the finer details of his four-month Mestalla Stadium reign he revealed his only regret was his failure to complete the job he set out to do.
'I don’t regret going,' said Neville. 'You learn a lot. In terms of decision making, in terms of the fact there seems to be a problem every day.
'Moving away from where I lived was a massive challenge for me but I enjoyed it.
'The idea of coming back not having completed what I wanted to do is the most disappointing thing. I wanted to be able to get to the summer so I could have time with the players.
'But the reality is the results were shocking. I wish I’d done two or three things differently. I would never speak about them. But I wish I’d done them differently.'
When asked how he felt following his team's 7-0 humbling by Barcelona in a Copa del Rey tie in February, Neville offered the delicious risposte, 'It was the worst I'd felt since I heard Jamie Carragher was coming to Sky'.
The inquisition soon moved on to England's dismal European Championship campaign, where they won only one match and were eliminated by Iceland at the last-16 stage.
Neville was on Roy Hodgson's staff and he defended the six changes made by the manager for the team's final group game, which ended in a stalemate with Slovakia.
'I have always felt England teams have run out of steam at major tournaments,' said Neville. 'We trusted in the squad. I felt it was the right decision. I wouldn’t change that.
'It’s a risk not changing players. Not trusting in the squad.'
Asked if England's woeful last-16 defeat by Iceland had left him with a sense of what might have been, Neville said: 'It felt worse than that. Going out to Iceland! The ultimate thing was you’re no longer in a job.
'It felt terrible, shocking. For the players, for Roy, for Ray (Lewington, assistant manager), and for the fans. We’d worked hard for two years.
'For two years we’d been pretty good. There was a lot of optimism.
'The last sixty minutes against Iceland I can’t explain to you. It was just a performance we’d not seen for two years.'
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