Gary Neville says he knows who is behind ‘disgusting’ dressing room leaks at Manchester United
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Gary Neville says he knows who is behind some of the ‘disgusting’ dressing room leaks at Manchester United.A number of stories have come out of Old Trafford claiming the squad are not convinced about interim manager Ralf Rangnick and are questioning his methods. It was reported last week that the Manchester United players want Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino as their next manager, while one outlet claimed the squad have compared Rangnick’s assistant, Chris Armas, to hapless fictional TV character Ted Lasso. Neville says some of the reports coming out of his former club have been ‘disgusting’ and suggested he knows the players and representatives responsible.
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‘I thought that was downright disrespectful on Friday – I did not find it funny at all,’ Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast. ‘That they were describing Ralf Rangnick’s number two as Ted Lasso was not funny at all and not only was it disrespectful, but I found it disgusting. ‘It sums up what I think of them: that they are disrespectful.
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‘I think if I was Ralf Rangnick and his number two, I would gain strength from that because I would not want to be on the same page of some of those players who are leaking those types of stories. ‘That never happened in my time but we had the greatest level of stability.’ Neville, who won eight Premier League titles at Old Trafford, added: ‘I remember when I joined Sky and we had the Champions League in the early years, and I went over to Napoli to do a game involving Chelsea. ‘It was when Andre Villas-Boas was their manager and he left out Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Ashley Cole – four or five prominent players. ‘That is what managers tend to do in their final days at a club, as they see it as a free hit.
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‘I remember sitting there at lunchtime with our team and they were getting messages of team news being leaked and the manager being slagged off, and I sat there thinking, “does this actually happen?” ‘Players agents and PR teams were briefing the media on a matchday about what was going on inside a club, and it was the first time I had seen it and known for it to happen – it really unnerved me. ‘That is happening at Manchester United now – they are at it, the PR teams, the agents and the marketing teams, as a self-preservation for their own player. ‘But what they do not realise is that unfortunately, when they go to the media then those media people go to us – so we know who is briefing. ‘The reality is that we do not like it, but we know who it is.
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‘We are not going to throw people under a bus here because we have that journalistic respect – but they are it in the same way that Chelsea were all those years ago. ‘They need to stop it and work as hard as they can.’ Manchester United have largely flattered to deceive since Rangnick replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the Old Trafford hot-seat in November and dropped two points at home to Southampton on Saturday. It was United’s third successive 1-1 draw in all competitions following a deflating stalemate against Burnley and a shock FA Cup defeat to Championship side Middlesbrough. On United’s form, Neville said: ‘If you speak to anybody about playing Manchester United, it’s a case of staying in a game.
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‘It’s about getting through the first half an hour. If you make sure you defend well, you will work harder than them and you will create chances. ‘David de Gea will then have to make lots of saves and every team is thinking they can get at United. It’s a really poor reflection and it has been all season.‘They’ve got a really big job to do, and they’re going to have to start doing it quickly.’ With 14 Premier League matches remaining, Manchester United find themselves fifth in the English top-flight, one point behind West Ham with a game in hand.
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