Official: "Neville to leave the blues"

[Bilko]

Anybody who played at the top level of English football for the amount of time he did,can't be all that bad.decent footballer who was well worth the transfer fee ,think we paid four million wasn't it ?.maybe went a season too far with us although not sure how many games he got.good luck in whichever path you choose.

 

[Walken]

I don't really see him as a 'servant to the club', though.

You could argue that Matt Le Tissier was a servant to Southampton because he could've played for a top side but chose not to. Very rare among players.

Neville would never have got a game for a better team than us and has been paid VERY well for doing a job.

Well said, you think he was making some massive sacrifice by playing for us the way people have gone on

 

[when i score we riot]

Well said, you think he was making some massive sacrifice by playing for us the way people have gone on

He passed up the glorious chance to play for spurs about 18 months back, didnt he though?
WHAT A TROOPER

 

[Carlito]

He passed up the glorious chance to play for spurs about 18 months back, didnt he though?
WHAT A TROOPER

I don't think Everton accepted the bid.

 

[Allezfan]

I don't think Everton accepted the bid.

We didn't. Neville asked Moyes if he had permission to talk to spurs, Moyes said no you're not for sale and that was the end of it.

I give a neville a lot of credit for not trying to force a move and accepting the club's judgement but he wanted the move.

 

[Bluenose1995]

end of the day it means a good chance Moyes has money promised for atleast one new CM in the summer otherwise I doubt he would be leaving.

 

[peteblue]

Oh my days, yes, oh yes, this is going to be a good day.

The man has spent 8 years playing and being the captain for our club.....ffs

 

[Azzurri]

The man has spent 8 years playing and being the captain for our club.....ffs

So?

He's still poor when out on the pitch.

 

[steken1]

I don't really see him as a 'servant to the club', though.

You could argue that Matt Le Tissier was a servant to Southampton because he could've played for a top side but chose not to. Very rare among players.

Neville would never have got a game for a better team than us and has been paid VERY well for doing a job.

Spurs were in for him when they were CL.

 

[turner]

Can't complain about his approach to the game, but one of a number of players that Moyes has held onto long past their best.

 

[steken1]

He kept him on until he was too old to sit on the bench most weeks. The one season Neville played more than thirty league games for United was the only time they finished lower than second.

Jaap Stam and Roy Keane were right about him.

I think we saw everything we needed to regarding Keane's judgement of a player at Sunderland and Ipswich.

 

[Azzurri]

Spurs were in for him when they were CL.

So he could warm the bench, though.

 

[peteblue]

So?

He's still poor when out on the pitch.

Any player than gets to spend 8 years playing for our club and being its captain must have something about them. He was our best RB for some time and gives his all to the club. It is right that he leaves, indeed he perhaps should have been sold to spurs, but for some on here to be dancing up and down and making references to Thatcher is an absolute disgrace. The man has earned his place in our history and deserves thanks not derision.....

 

[Librarian]

All the best to him, served us well

 

[steken1]

So he could warm the bench, though.

I was just pointing out that a better placed club had come in for him. I don't know how they'd use him. May have been purely to set an example to younger players coming through?