Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has admitted that there was one “impossible” thing he could not have done in his legendary Manchester United career.
Neville called it time on his illustrious playing career in 2011, having spent his entire time at United and being one of the famous members of the club’s ‘Class of ’92.’
The United legend lifted eight Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, three FA Cups and three League Cups under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Neville followed in the same footsteps as former United teammate Roy Keane and served as club captain, with the pundit notching up 602 appearances for the club.
The 48-year-old ex-United defender went into coaching after his playing career and served as assistant manager at England under ex-Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson.
Neville left his duties as a pundit for Sky Sports when he managed Spanish side Valencia, with the United legend’s ill-fated spell lasting less than four months.
United legend Neville makes ‘impossible’ admission
Neville returned to his duties as a pundit after his horror spell at Valencia and the former England defender remains one of the leading faces in punditry.
During the latest video of The Overlap, the former United captain opened up on how former manager Ferguson enlisted him in his bid to sign one ex-legendary player.
Keane also opened up on his brief spell at Celtic after Ferguson axed him from United and how he enjoyed the atmosphere of a different dressing room.
Jamie Carragher, much like Neville, spent his entire playing career at one club and asked the former United defender if he wished he had played for another side.
Neville insisted that he could never have played for another club in his playing career, with Liverpool legend Carragher agreeing with the Sky Sports pundit.
“I think it would have been impossible for me to play for another club,” Neville said on the Stick to Football show.
“I feel at the end, when I was 32, I was retiring. Do you know what I mean?”
Neville on the end of his United career
Neville has spoken openly about the end of his United career and how he emerged as one of three locker room leaders for Ferguson at Old Trafford.
However, the former England and United right-back knew his days were numbered in his career and had to overcome a long-term ankle injury in 2007.
Neville told Carragher, Jill Scott, Keane and Ian Wright that he felt “embarrassed and ashamed” at the end of his career and had to retire from football.
“I felt embarrassed and ashamed at the end. I just had to leave. I had to get out, yeah,” he said.
Keane hilariously poked fun at his former United teammate’s admission by agreeing with him, which was met with laughter from Neville in The Overlap studio.
“No, I agree with that,” Keane said.
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