What Gary Neville thinks about Gareth Southgate’s Manchester United link

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Former player turned pundit Gary Neville shared his thoughts on Gareth Southgate’s revealed link with Manchester United.

Ineos chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe formerly unveiled his desire to employ the English coach as United’s first team’s coach, since Erik Ten Hag seems to be struggling to bring the club to the top.

Neville who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports had the following to say about the development:

‘I never saw Gareth Southgate as a Manchester United manager, psychologically, I never saw that. I can see it now, now Dan Ashworth has come in,’ Neville told the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet.

‘I just think, what does Erik ten Hag need to do to stay as Manchester United manager? So, for instance, is the FA Cup enough, or does he need to get top four, or top five, Champions League?

‘I think if Gareth is leaving, I think to be honest with you, you’ll have seen this in tournaments, but it’s never been easy. England will have qualifiers starting up again a couple of months after the tournament, so they’ll have to have a new manager in. And Gareth will need to sort his future out, to get a club for potentially the start of next season.

‘So, I think if it’s done maturely, I can see how it would be brought forward in terms of Gareth. Forget Manchester United, England would need to appoint a new manager.

‘So, they are going to have to appoint a new manager pre-tournament [the Euros this summer], probably.’

There are still speculations on whether Ratcliffe would let Ten Hag stay till December which is when Southgate’s contract with England ends.