The 34-year-old revealed to his 186,000-strong Twitter following that he’s unhappy at not being taken seriously among his fellow professionals when it comes to trickery, and identified the on-loan Real Madrid winger as his main detractor.
‘I did my stepover on Drenthe this morning and he fell about laughing and thought it was a wind up. No respect nowadays!’ joked Neville.
The versatile Everton man has scored just four goals in his 224 games in a blue shirt, and netted only five in his 384 appearances as a Manchester United player, so it comes as no surprise that the Dutchman doesn’t recognise the attacking threat of P-Nev.
However, the defender has already eclipsed last season’s goal tally with his solitary strike against West Brom in September, so maybe the tide is eventually turning for the trusty workhorse?
Let’s see who’s laughing at the end of the season Royston!
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