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Gary Neville believes Manchester United's 4-0 win over Everton 'wasn't a good performance' and notes pattern of late goals for Jose Mourinho's side

* Gary Neville thought scoreline flattered Manchester United at Old Trafford
* He noted Jose Mourinho's side are developing habit of scoring late goals
* Neville added that United looked like the team that had played on Thursday
* Ronald Koeman concurred that United had not deserved to win 4-0

Gary Neville thinks Manchester United's 4-0 win against Everton 'wasn't a good performance' despite the resounding scoreline.

After the match Neville said at times it looked like Jose Mourinho's side had been the team to play in Europe on Thursday, rather than the Toffees who were beaten 3-0 by Atalanta.

And in his punditry role for Sky Sports, he noted that there is a pattern developing whereby United are flattered by a flurry of late goals.

When asked if he if he thought it was a 'very good Manchester United performance', he replied: 'No it wasn't a good performance, there's a bit of a pattern building though in terms of getting in front and then being patient.

'Sometimes they're even retreating a bit with a couple of defensive substitutions. The other team then gets desperate and United score goals late on in the game.

'It has happened two or three times now this season, I think Jose is renowned as being a patient coach and his team look like they have the maturity to be able to handle it.'

And the former England international believes despite the score, Mourinho will have some nagging worries.


Gary Neville played down the Manchester United victory against Everton at Old Trafford. United scored three goals in the last 10 minutes to secure all three points in front of their fans. Neville noted a pattern emerging whereby the Red Devils remain patient and score late

'He'll be a little bit concerned about the goals they conceded at Stoke last week and the couple of big chances they conceded today because United haven't played against the best teams in the league yet.'

He was not alone in thinking the late goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial flattered United.

After the comprehensive loss, Everton boss Ronald Koeman had said: '4-0 is very harsh. Sometimes in football you get more than you deserve.'

But Mourinho was full of praise for his side and regardless of a differing view from Neville, will be delighted his team lie joint top of the table alongside fierce rivals Manchester City.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4893152/Gary-Neville-plays-Man-United-win-against-Everton.html

kan gak enak cetak gol karena masih ada Rooney dilapangan, nah begitu Rooney diganti baru deh cetak 3 gol. tapi jangan sering2 cetak gol 'telat' yah

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Semoga saja lini pertahanan United bisa tampil baik hingga akhir musim

Gary Neville: MU Masih Punya Kekurangan di Lini Belakang
Lucas Aditya - detikSport

Manchester - Lini belakang Manchester United tampil cukup prima di awal musim ini. Tapi, hal itu tampaknya masih kurang di mata eks bek MU, Gary Neville.

MU sudah menjalani enam pertandingan. Lima di Liga Inggris dan satu di Liga Champions.

The Red Devils tampil cukup produktif dengan catatan 19 gol yang dibuat. Sembari itu, mereka bertahan cukup oke dengan baru dua kali kebobolan. Ada lima clean sheet yang dicatatkan.

Dua gol ke gawang MU itu tercatat atas nama Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. Tim besutan Jose Mourinho itu menuai hasil imbang 2-2 saat melawat ke markas Stoke City.

Sementara saat menjamu Everton di Old Trafford, Minggu (17/9/2017) malam WIB, gawang MU tiga kali terancam. Beruntung untuk Setan Merah, David De Gea masih sigap di bawah mistar dengan catatan tiga save yang dibuat.

Hal itu yang membuat Neville masih was-was dengan penampilan lini belakang MU. Dia berharap ada peningkatan penampilan.

"Dia akan sedikit menaruh perhatian pada gol-gol yang membobol gawang mereka di pertandingan melawan Stoke pada pekan lalu dan beberapa peluang bagus yang membahayakan mereka," kata Neville di Sky Sports.

"United belum bermain pada apa yang saya pertimbangkan merupakan tim terbaik di liga, jadi mereka akan sedikit memiliki kekhawatiran," dia menambahkan.

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Gary Neville Puji Luis Suarez, Berharap Griezmann Akan Direkrut MU
Yanu Arifin - detikSport

Manchester - Gary Neville menilai Luis Suarez memang cocok untuk Manchester United. Namun, Nevile menginginkan Antoine Griezmann bisa digaet MU di masa depan.

Suarez pernah berseragam Liverpool, rival berat MU, pada musim 2011-2014. Bersama The Reds, pemain Uruguay itu mencetak 69 gol dari 110 penampilan dan membantu finis kedua Premier League.

Kemudian ia pindah ke Barcelona hingga sekarang. Dari 100 penampilan, 87 gol sudah dilesakkannya dengan sembilan gelar diraihnya, termasuk dua gelar La Liga dan sekali Liga Champions.

"Suarez, meski dia pernah bermain untuk Liverpool, adalah pemain yang cocok dengan United," pemain legendaris MU itu mengatakan kepada Stretty News TV.

"Cukup arogan mengatakannya, tapi dia memang pemain yang fantastis. Dia mencetak banyak gol dan dia pemain yang agresif," Neville menambahkan.

Namun Neville sadar kalau mantan timnya tentu bakal sulit mendatangkan Suarez. Mantan pelatih Valencia yang kini jadi pundit itupun berharap Griezmann bisa berseragam The Red Devils, mengingat bomber Atletico Madrid itu sempat hampir pindah ke Manchester di musim panas lalu.

"Kami bisa mendapatkan pemain yang jauh lebih baik. Saya ingin melihat satu pemain berbakat lagi di tim. Saya ingin melihat seorang pemain sayap yang bisa melewati pemain dan membuat semua bangkit dari tempat duduknya."

"Setelah berada di Spanyol selama empat bulan, saya mencintai Griezmann.

"Saya ingin melihat Griezmann di United. Dia cepat, seorang kreator, bisa melewati pemain dan bisa mencetak gol," puji Neville.

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Manchester United hero Gary Neville says he will never manage again: 'Why would I when I can help thousands of students prepare for life?'

* Gary Neville is hoping to train a generation of leaders with his new university
* He has set up UA92 with his partners including Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes
* Neville felt the England players he coached at Euro 2016 lacked leadership
* He has no intention of returning to coaching after an ill-fated spell at Valencia

Gary Neville knows the cliches. You will hear them bandied about frequently. ‘No more characters, not enough leaders.’ He may even have been tempted to use them when he watched an England team he helped to coach implode against Iceland or his Valencia team concede their seventh goal at the Nou Camp.

As with most cliches, there is a grain of truth. Neville certainly agrees there is a generation of players less prepared for the mental challenges of the game than he was. His response has been to set up a university with his ‘Class of 92’ partners — brother Phil, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt.

‘There are some things that happened with England that I would never go into the detail of, but there were young players who I felt really weren’t robust or resilient enough to cope with what was about to hit them in terms of exposure, limelight, criticism, praise and fame,’ he says.

‘Rather than saying: “Well, in my day, they were tougher, more resilient, better characters, more leaders” — which I’d heard, I don’t know how many times — I thought: “Hang on a minute. What can we actually do?” We were given the opportunity as young players; a great grounding, not just in football but in life by our coaches, Nobby Stiles and Eric Harrison.

‘About four or five months before I went to Valencia, I’d been coaching with England and we had a partnership with Salford University through our football club, Salford City. At the time I got to know Amanda Broderick, who was Dean of the College of Business and Law at Salford University, and we were talking about the vulnerabilities in young footballers. She was seeing the same at an academic level: people weren’t ready for employment when they came out of university.

‘They needed more work to be done so they were ready for the work and for that slog which happens when you come out of university at 21 and have 40 years in front of you. You’re going to be criticised and praised, you’ll have to self-analyse, you’ll have to be able to present to an audience. All those things breed confidence, leaders and authority.

'She was seeing the same things in education as I saw in football. As a football coach, the maximum amount of people you can impact with your values and principles is 20, the players you have in your team. I started to think how we could actually impact more people.

'We talked to Amanda and established 10 pillars or principles that I think everyone should have instilled in them between 16 and 21. We put in a sum of money to do a study to see if we could turn this into something deliverable as an education.’


Gary Neville is hoping to train a generation of leaders with his new university initiative. Neville wants to give young people the confidence to lead he gained during his academy days

At the same time as the research was being commissioned and the University of Lancaster and Microsoft were being brought in as partners, Neville was offered the Valencia job by business partner Peter Lim. He was also preparing for Euro 2016 as an assistant coach with England, as well as co-owning Salford City, developing a multi-purpose tower block in Manchester and a new restaurant and hotel, The Stock Exchange, to add to the former United players’ Hotel Football opposite Old Trafford.

Valencia ended in the sack and England in resignation after defeat by Iceland. Given his commitments, it always seemed coaching aspirations were on hold. Now he is more definite.

‘It’ll never happen,’ he says. ‘I’m a million miles away. I suppose never is a strong word because in 10 years you might wake up and say: “I want to coach.” I love football and the camaraderie but I don’t want to be in that environment any more.

'Up until 15 months ago I was coach of England and 19 months ago I was coach of Valencia, so it would be impossible to say at that stage that I’m never going to be a coach, but I had turned down two or three Premier League jobs, I turned down two Championship jobs and I wasn’t going to go into coaching.

‘I did it because it was my business partner and I thought that the opportunity for an Englishman to manage one of the top four or five clubs in Spain was never going to happen again. It was an unbelievable opportunity and it didn’t go as well as I wanted it to, but I enjoyed every minute and it taught me a lot and things I will apply to my business life. I don’t regret going to Spain and I would have liked to have stayed in Valencia for 18 months, but I wouldn’t have continued in coaching.

‘My ultimate aim is to learn as much about business, sport, media and education over the next five or 10 years and deliver these projects and then settle down into a role over the next 10 to 15 years and be able to say that I’ve taught myself how to be a businessman, or someone who works in the media or in education, but these next five years are set for me now. I can’t move from what I’m doing now.

‘The buzz from football up to the age of 32 was incredible and that can probably never be replaced, but compared to the last three years of my career, I enjoy what I’m doing now far more. I look forward to football, but I don’t want anything to do with it in terms of playing or coaching, and that’s not because of my experiences with England or Valencia.

‘I was moving my career to these projects. I’m stimulated every day to be the best I can be in business and it will either be a failure or success in the next 15 years but that’s what I want to be.’


Neville felt the England players he coached at Euro 2016 - who lost to Iceland - lacked leaders. Neville has no intention of returning to coaching after an ill-fated spell in charge of Valencia

With his growing business experience, many might consider him a natural executive at Manchester United but he says not. ‘I would never say never but I can’t see it at all at the moment. With everything I have on, there would be no role in football I would be able to take because it would mean me stepping away from the projects I have. I’ve committed to too much out of football to take a job in football over the next five years.’

The university campus itself, University Academy 92 or UA92, will be next to the Old Trafford cricket ground. A public consultation is taking place but students should be coming for the 2019 academic year, eventually rising to 10,000 a year. It will focus on business studies, media, sports administration and hospitality courses, the areas in which Neville and his former team-mates have experience.

The twist is the extra components which add mental strength, whether that be physical challenges which need to be completed or psychological support. Even for Neville’s well-known zest for taking on the improbable, it’s ambitious, but he remains undaunted.


Neville admits it is ambitious to add a university to a list of ventures which includes a hotel

‘We want the students to be resilient when they come out with the degree from Lancaster University and go into a great job,’ he says. ‘In 10 years’ time, we want to look back and be thinking we changed people’s lives.

‘We’ve been given so much by United, by the people who worked at United. We’re the most-famous intake of young football players, along with Busby Babes, that have ever come out of this country. For all six of us to come out of one youth team means that there is an obligation not to just sit back and say: “We’ve finished our football careers and we’re all Mr ex-Manchester United now.”

‘We should use our strength, our name to create what I think are great projects which can affect a lot of people and do things that will impact young people in this area. All of us together have an obligation to give people a chance because that’s what happened to us.

‘If we don’t believe in doing that, after what happened to us, it would be a huge waste of the faith that we’ve built up.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5004353/Man-United-hero-Gary-Neville-ll-never-manage-again.html

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Saran Neville ke Klopp: Singkirkan Sejumlah Pemain
Kris Fathoni W - detikSport

London - Gary Neville menyarankan Juergen Klopp untuk menyingkirkan sejumlah pemain yang menjadi titik lemah Liverpool demi bisa mengejar kesuksesan.

Hal itu dikatakan pundit Sky Sports tersebut setelah Liverpool berimbang 3-3 ketika bertamu ke stadion Emirates markas Arsenal, Sabtu (23/12/2017) dini hari WIB.

Dalam laga itu Liverpool sempat unggul dua gol lebih dulu tapi kesalahan di lini belakang, oleh Joe Gomez dan Simon Mignolet, membuat Arsenal bisa menyamakan kedudukan dan bahkan berbalik unggul. Setelah itu gantian Liverpool yang menyamakan skor.

"Singkirkan sejumlah pemain," kata Neville kepada Sky Sports, memberi saran untuk Klopp.

"Anda lihat apa yang dilakukan Pep Guardiola musim lalu. Ia merekrut Claudio Bravo dengan mahal. Ia tak cukup bagus dan sulit beradaptasi dengan Premier League. Ia menyingkirkannya. Ederson lalu datang dan terlihat fantastis."

"Full-back City saat itu juga tak cukup bagus, ia pun menyingkirkannya, menghabiskan 130 juta pound sterling untuk tiga pemain baru dan membereskan masalah," ujarnya.

Menurut Neville, Klopp memiliki wewenang dan kewajiban untuk melakukan itu semua sebagai manajer mengingat saat ini Liverpool sudah mantap ketika menyerang, tapi sebaliknya punya masalah besar di lini belakang.

"Di Borussia Dortmund dulu ia punya Neven Subotic dan Mats Hummels, dengan Lukasz Piszczek di posisi bek kanan. Ia memiliki barisan belakang bagus, fondasi oke," ucap Neville.

"Di (Liverpool) sini: Ragnar Klavan? Serius? Dejan Lovren juga sudah mengecewakan saya walaupun dulu dia fantastis di Southampton. Joe Gomez masih muda sehingga masih perlu berkembang. Kita sudah sering membahas Simon Mignolet, Loris Karius. Dan kemudian ada pula sektor bek kiri, dengan James Milner, Andrew Robertson, dan Alberto Moreno main di posisi itu. Apa mereka bisa diandalkan dalam laga-laga penting?"

"Itulah mengapa saat ini kita membahas hal tersebut, karena kita bicara mengenai Liverpool (yang semestinya bisa) menjuarai Premier League dan Liga Champions. Secara historis, itulah ukuran ideal buat Liverpool," tuturnya.

Mantan pemain Manchester United dan timnas Inggris itu menyebut bahwa pada dasarnya pemain-pemain yang dikritiknya di Liverpool pada dasarnya tidak jelek, tapi mereka sama sekali tidak bisa bermain seperti sekarang ini di klub yang berusaha menjuarai liga.

"Sebelum pertandingan Juergen Klopp memberi wawancara dan bilang pertahanannya sudah membaik. Saya pikir memang akan kelihatan seperti itu ketika menghadapi tim-tim macam Bournemouth, Newcastle, atau Burnley, tanpa maksud merendahkan tim-tim tersebut. Lawan macam ini akan membuat Anda merasa bisa membuat clean sheet. Tapi di momen-momen besar ketika satu gol bisa menentukan di kandang Sevilla atau Arsenal, para pemain belakang itu akan mengecewakan Anda," kata Neville membeberkan.

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Saran Neville ke Klopp: Singkirkan Sejumlah Pemain
Kris Fathoni W - detikSport

London - Gary Neville menyarankan Juergen Klopp untuk menyingkirkan sejumlah pemain yang menjadi titik lemah Liverpool demi bisa mengejar kesuksesan.

Hal itu dikatakan pundit Sky Sports tersebut setelah Liverpool berimbang 3-3 ketika bertamu ke stadion Emirates markas Arsenal, Sabtu (23/12/2017) dini hari WIB.

Dalam laga itu Liverpool sempat unggul dua gol lebih dulu tapi kesalahan di lini belakang, oleh Joe Gomez dan Simon Mignolet, membuat Arsenal bisa menyamakan kedudukan dan bahkan berbalik unggul. Setelah itu gantian Liverpool yang menyamakan skor.

"Singkirkan sejumlah pemain," kata Neville kepada Sky Sports, memberi saran untuk Klopp.

"Anda lihat apa yang dilakukan Pep Guardiola musim lalu. Ia merekrut Claudio Bravo dengan mahal. Ia tak cukup bagus dan sulit beradaptasi dengan Premier League. Ia menyingkirkannya. Ederson lalu datang dan terlihat fantastis."

"Full-back City saat itu juga tak cukup bagus, ia pun menyingkirkannya, menghabiskan 130 juta pound sterling untuk tiga pemain baru dan membereskan masalah," ujarnya.

Menurut Neville, Klopp memiliki wewenang dan kewajiban untuk melakukan itu semua sebagai manajer mengingat saat ini Liverpool sudah mantap ketika menyerang, tapi sebaliknya punya masalah besar di lini belakang.

"Di Borussia Dortmund dulu ia punya Neven Subotic dan Mats Hummels, dengan Lukasz Piszczek di posisi bek kanan. Ia memiliki barisan belakang bagus, fondasi oke," ucap Neville.

"Di (Liverpool) sini: Ragnar Klavan? Serius? Dejan Lovren juga sudah mengecewakan saya walaupun dulu dia fantastis di Southampton. Joe Gomez masih muda sehingga masih perlu berkembang. Kita sudah sering membahas Simon Mignolet, Loris Karius. Dan kemudian ada pula sektor bek kiri, dengan James Milner, Andrew Robertson, dan Alberto Moreno main di posisi itu. Apa mereka bisa diandalkan dalam laga-laga penting?"

"Itulah mengapa saat ini kita membahas hal tersebut, karena kita bicara mengenai Liverpool (yang semestinya bisa) menjuarai Premier League dan Liga Champions. Secara historis, itulah ukuran ideal buat Liverpool," tuturnya.

Mantan pemain Manchester United dan timnas Inggris itu menyebut bahwa pada dasarnya pemain-pemain yang dikritiknya di Liverpool pada dasarnya tidak jelek, tapi mereka sama sekali tidak bisa bermain seperti sekarang ini di klub yang berusaha menjuarai liga.

"Sebelum pertandingan Juergen Klopp memberi wawancara dan bilang pertahanannya sudah membaik. Saya pikir memang akan kelihatan seperti itu ketika menghadapi tim-tim macam Bournemouth, Newcastle, atau Burnley, tanpa maksud merendahkan tim-tim tersebut. Lawan macam ini akan membuat Anda merasa bisa membuat clean sheet. Tapi di momen-momen besar ketika satu gol bisa menentukan di kandang Sevilla atau Arsenal, para pemain belakang itu akan mengecewakan Anda," kata Neville membeberkan.

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Yang Menakjubkan dari City di Mata Gary Neville
Rifqi Ardita Widianto - detikSport

Manchester - Gary Neville kagum betul dengan bagaimana Manchester City menguasai Premier League. City melakukannya dengan gaya yang khas, gaya Pep Guardiola.

City dominan sampai Premier League sudah melewati separuh musim. Dalam 22 pekan mereka sudah mengumpulkan nilai 62, unggul 15 poin dari Manchester United di posisi dua.

The Citizens juga jadi satu-satunya tim yang belum terkalahkan sejauh ini. Tim besutan Pep Guardiola itu baru dua kali gagal menang, yakni saat ditahan imbang Everton di awal musim dan Crystal Palace pada laga malam Tahun Baru lalu.

Eks bek MU yang kini jadi analis Sky Sports, Gary Neville, mengakui City sudah jadi tim yang istimewa musim ini. Sebab mereka mampu mendominasi liga dengan filosofi yang diterapkan Guardiola.

City mengandalkan cara bermain yang flamboyan, bermain dengan umpan-umpan pendek dan mendesak lawan lewat penguasaan bola. Ini disebut Neville sudah di luar tradisi tim-tim pemenang Premier League, yang selalu lebih mengandalkan fisik dan kekuatan.

"Luar biasa. Mereka hampir kehilangan laju tak terkalahkan di Crystal Palace, tapi bisa mempertahankannya. Anda akan menjalani momen-momen seperti itu, momen-momen sulit dan nyaris-nyaris, tapi mereka sudah luar biasa sejauh ini," kata Neville dikutip Sky Sports.

"Bisa memuncaki klasemen di Natal dengan poin sebanyak itu, tapi melakukannya dengan gaya yang mereka punya, saya sempat meragukannya. Saya sempat bilang bahwa itu tak pernah dilakukan sebelumnya, dalam hal memenangi Premier League dengan gaya semacam itu."

"Lihatlah Chelsea atau Manchester United, yang punya ketangguhan fisik di rangka timnya, itulah yang biasanya memenangi Premier League. Musim ini City memang punya sejumlah keunggulan fisik di rangka timnya, tapi bukan yang bisa disebut sebagai yang biasanya, dengan dua bek tengah yang besar, gelandang jangkar, dan penyerang yang kuat."

"Mereka melakukannya dengan cara yang indah, caranya Pep Guardiola, dan tampaknya gelar liga sudah lepas untuk mereka. Itu mengecewakan, bukan hanya karena saya penggemar Man United, tapi di musim apapun, tim mana saja akan di belakang tim City ini," tambahnya.

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Neville: Kejar Gelar Juara Liga Champions Liverpool, MU!
Redzi Arya Pratama - detikSport

Manchester - Gary Neville sebal betul saat diperlihatkan salam lima jari tanda gelar juara Liga Champions Liverpool. Manchester United didukungnya melampaui pencapaian itu.

Rivalitas MU dan Liverpool semakin meruncing. Terlebih setelah Setan Merah berhasil menjuarai 20 gelar liga, dua lebih banyak dari Liverpool (18), yang terakhir kali meraihnya pada musim 1989/90.

Meski begitu, tak bisa dipungkiri The Reds masih bisa membanggakan diri karena lebih unggul dalam gelar juara Eropa. Liverpool masihlah menjadi klub tersukses Inggris di benua biru dengan torehan lima gelar, sedangkan MU baru tiga.

Neville, yang kini bekerja sebagai pandit, merupakan bagian penting dari sukses MU. Mantan pesepakbola yang kini berusia 42 tahun itu menjadi pemain MU selama 19 musim dengan meraih delapan titel juara Premier League, tiga Piala FA, dan dua gelar Liga Champions.

"Saya ingin MU menjadi tim Inggris tersukses sepanjang sejarah. Saat ini, mereka bukan yang terbaik. Saya ingin MU menapaki gelar kelima (seperti Liverpool), dan mendapatkan gelar keenam untuk menghapuskan semua keraguan yang ada," ujar mantan bek kanan itu dikutip Mirror.

"Saya ingin mereka (fans Liverpool) menghapuskan semua argumen ketika saya datang ke Liverpool. Karena ketika saya kesana, salam lima jari selalu tertuju ke wajah saya," jelas Neville.

Terakhir kali MU berjaya di Liga Champions pada musim 2007/08. Sedangkan dalam empat musim terakhir, laju terjauh MU hanyalah perempatfinal pada 2013/14.

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Gary Neville has ‘very clear idea’ of who should be next Manchester United manager



Gary Neville says he has a ‘very clear idea’ of who should be the next Manchester United manager. In his debut season at Old Trafford, Jose Mourinho won two trophies – the EFL Cup and Europa League – to secure United’s return to the Champions League. United finished sixth in the English top-flight as they focused their efforts on Europe towards the end of the campaign, but have improved domestically this term.

With ten games of the 2017-18 season remaining, United are second – six points above fifth-placed Chelsea but 16 points adrift of leaders and rivals Manchester City. There is no suggestion that United are ready to move on from Mourinho, who committed his future to the club by signing a contract extension earlier in the year, and Neville is backing the former Real Madrid boss to fire the Red Devils to multiple trophies. But when the time comes that United begin to search for Mourinho’s successor, Neville says he has a ‘clear idea’ of who it should be.

‘The idea of sitting here as a pundit and ex-professional and saying “I think he should be the next manager” [doesn’t interest me],’ Neville told Yahoo Sport. ‘I do have an opinion on my own club, but I’m not willing to share it with you because I want Jose Mourinho to continue. ‘I have a very clear idea of who I think the next Manchester United manager should be, but I want Jose Mourinho to be successful first before that happens. ‘I believe he will be successful because he’s always been successful wherever he goes. However, I believed that David Moyes and Louis van Gaal would be successful, because I am a fan of the club and I have to believe in the club’s managers as a fan.

‘You sometimes lose that faith over a period of time watching them, but on the other hand, from a point of view of Jose, he’s been supported with a new contract and he’s been supported with investment in the transfer market. ‘Now the club need to now go the whole hog and make sure they support him in the future, for the next year or two, to be able to win that league.’ Neville hopes the Premier League’s elite clubs give their managers more time, insisting their progress should not be purely based on titles.

‘Jose is not going to win the league for the first two seasons it looks like, but I’d still advocate him being given that third season to go and try and win it,’ the former England defender added. ‘Jurgen Klopp hasn’t won a trophy yet at Liverpool, but I think the quality of the football and what he’s doing there means that ultimately he should be given more time to try and accomplish it, because the direction looks good. ‘Pochettino at Tottenham hasn’t won a trophy yet, but the direction and the quality is there. So it’s not always as easy as saying, “If they don’t win a trophy do we need to change managers?”

‘It’s more around “Is the direction right? Is the quality there? Are the performances good?” and I suppose it’s when you start to see the plateau and the tailing-off, you start to think “oh, here we go”.’ United beat top four rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford last weekend and travel to south London to face Crystal Palace on Monday evening.

www.metro.co.uk

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Gary Neville reveals the WhatsApp text he sent about Manchester United when City were leading at half time.



The former Manchester United right-back wasn't prepared to write off the Red Devils despite a woeful half of football

Gary Neville has revealed the sensational prediction he made at half time in the Manchester derby on Saturday afternoon.

Manchester City went into the break 2-0 ahead thanks to goals from Vincent Kompany and Ilkay Gundogan, and looked certain to inflict further misery on their bitter rivals Manchester United before winning the title.


But Paul Pogba and co. had different ideas, and the Frenchman instigated quite possibly the comeback of the Premier League season to ensure the Red Devils left the Etihad Stadium with all three points.

Neville spoke about the enthralling match alongside Martin Tyler on Sky Sports' Gary Neville podcast and made a rather interesting revelation in response to a comment from the legendary commentator.

"At half-time, we were speaking off-air and you told me 'I think United are going to get a couple of goals in the second-half," said Tyler.

Neville replied: "I went a step further, I said at half-time in a WhatsApp message 'United score, they will win. Useless first-half!' this was to a group of friends.

"And I just thought they had got away with it. They could and should have been three, four, five down.

"I thought if Mourinho gets them in and they score, there will be an anxiety that spreads and a momentum change.

"And I felt they would score. They were useless but there was just something that made me feel that if they got a goal, this ground would be uncomfortable."

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