English defender Gary Neville is one of the six graduates of the Manchester United Academy, who have achieved the most sky-high heights in a great professional career. Together with David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Bat and his sibling Phil, he is a member of the legendary Class 92. It is noteworthy that during his sports career, the footballer defended the colors of only one club, and only three out of the six graduates managed it.
Leadership character
Gary Neville admits that, unlike his partners, he did not possess special talent and skill. The athlete compensated for the lack of clearly defined strikes, high-speed qualities, dribbling and mind-blowing feints with iron will, efficiency and indefatigable industriousness. His partners said that when the next training session of Manchester United ended, he and his brother Phil remained to work out punches and combinations.
In addition, Gary Neville has always been a leader on the field and in the locker room. He had a tremendous influence on partners, and sometimes even forced to work hard until the seventh sweat. As a defender, it was easy for him to watch the arrangement on the football field. So he learned to calculate combinations, predict events, and, if necessary, always insured his partners.
The most outstanding achievements
The hero of our publication today is Neville Gary. During his sports career, the footballer was able to win 20 trophies, including 8 Premier League titles and 2 Champions League cups. The defender considers the 1999 UEFA Champions League victory to be the happiest moment in his sports career. The final in Barcelona, where Manchester United and Bayern Munich met, is recognized by many experts as one of the most dizzying comebacks in the history of football. Then the Mankunians managed to recoup, and then snatch victory in a compensated three-minute meeting.
Six years with a captain's armband in a great club
As we have said, Gary Neville was distinguished by leadership and had influence on his partners. However, he did not immediately become a captain in the club. The Red Devils have always had many charismatic and odious leaders. Take, for example, Roy Keane, who left the club in 2005 due to a conflict with the manager, Alex Ferguson.
From now on and until the end of his career in 2011, the captain's armband in the great club rightfully belonged to Gary. It is worth noting that the indefatigable industriousness greatly helped the football player to become what he became. Sir Alex Ferguson admitted in his memoirs that he considers his ward to be the best right-back among football players of his generation.
Career completion, coaching license
In recent years, the football player’s sports career has been followed by injuries. Therefore, he decided not to waste time in vain and received a coaching license. When asked if he would ever want to stand at the helm of his home club, Neville usually answered in the negative. Most likely, he represented the entire degree of responsibility that could lie on his shoulders. Soon Roy Hodgson, the coach of the national team of England, invited the ex-football player to his headquarters as an assistant. At the moment, despite the presence of another job (Gary Neville - coach of the Spanish “Valencia”), he remains a member of the English national team.
Scandalous work on television and participation in a business project
Sharp-tongued and well versed in all the intricacies of football, Gary liked the leadership of Sky Sport. They invited him as an expert and promised a multi-million dollar contract. Neville did not spare the taunts of the Manchester United club, which was being re-built after the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson. Got nuts and other clubs experiencing hard times.
In parallel, he, along with other Class 92 members Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, made an unprecedented decision to buy out the Manchester team Salford City, floundering in the lower leagues of the championship. The plans of outstanding football players are grandiose: they want to bring the team to a higher level and make the whole country talk about a modest club. One of the project’s shareholders was Singaporean entrepreneur Peter Lim, who also owns the Spanish Valencia.
From football experts to head coaches
That is why, when Peter Lim received an offer to lead the Spanish club, Gary Neville did not hesitate for a minute. “Valencia” in the season 2015-2016 is going through hard times. The ambitious plans for getting into the Champions League zone have long been forgotten. The team can not find their own game. Many experts argue that Neville’s decision to quit his job on television and head such a large club was hasty.
The novice trainer has practically no independent experience, hence the disappointing results so far. However, his contract is designed for the period only until May 2016. Who knows, maybe then Gary Neville will return to television again? And then, the vindictive colleagues will recall his own coaching failures, acute to the language of the expert.