‘Brilliant ball knowledge Gary’, ‘never overly biased’ – Plenty of Man City fans react to Neville’s claims ahead of Derby

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville believes no Manchester United players would get into City’s starting XI.

United travel to City on Sunday in the Manchester derby and the gap between the two sides in the Premier League table could grow up to 22 points should Pep Guardiola’s side triumph.

The gap between the two clubs in terms of recent success has been increasing every season with City dominating domestically and United struggling to find the right structure, both on, and off the pitch.

The rivals have both invested heavily in their squads in recent years, with varying levels of success and United legend Neville has admitted he can only think of one player from the red half of Manchester who could have a chance of getting in City’s side.

Speaking to LADBible TV (via Manchester Evening News), Neville named Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes as one who could get in City’s side, but admitted even he would struggle.

“I can be really honest about it, I’ll go through them.

“[Ruben] Dias, [Aymeric] Laporte, [Joao] Cancelo and [Kyle] Walker — they’re better than all of United’s back four. Fernandinho and Rodri, they’re better than United’s holding midfield players. Bernardo Silva, [Ilkay] Gundogan…

“Bruno is the only one that I think, over the last 12 to 18 months, could… but [Kevin] De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, [Riyad] Mahrez, [Phil] Foden and [Raheem] Sterling.

“I can’t put Bruno in ahead of Bernardo Silva at the moment, or De Bruyne. It’s a sad indictment really.”

These Neville’s comments were shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from Man City fans.

“Brilliant ball knowledge Gary 👏👏.”
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“and he’s spot on.”
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“This is what I like about Neville, he’s never overly biased.”
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“Maybe Bruno but I’d rather have KDB.”
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“He’s completely correct.”
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“He knows that Manchester is blue 💙.”
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