Pundit Neville on an upward curve

THERE has not been a Manchester United player over the past 20 years who has got under the skins of Liverpool fans more than Gary Neville.

From running halfway across the Old Trafford pitch to kiss his badge in front of the away fans after Rio Ferdinanad’s last-minute winner in 2005, to stating that “I can’t stand Liverpool, I can’t stand Liverpool people, I can’t stand anything about them,” in an interview with a United fanzine, Neville and Liverpool have what might best be called a ‘strained relationship’.

But even with Neville’s retirement, Scousers can’t escape the Bury-born ex-defender as he has now got his feet firmly under the table as the new ‘Andy Gray’ at Sky Sports.