Is Gary Neville a future Man Utd manager? Red Devils legend responds to claim he would 'save' club from Ruben Amorim struggles by ex-Match of the Day host

United's 2024-25 campaign hit another low point after they suffered a humiliating 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford against Brighton last weekend. It was the club's fourth home defeat in six games since Ruben Amorim took charge as head coach in November and their 10th Premier League defeat in the current season. After the Brighton debacle, veteran broadcaster and former BBC Match of the Day host Des Lynam wrote in his column for The Telegraph that he believes Neville is the right candidate to 'save' the Red Devils.

Reacting to Lynam's claim on his podcast on Sky Sports, Neville said: "I love Des Lynam. I met Des Lynam in 2002. My first ever punditry gig was 22 years ago. I broke my foot before the World Cup in Japan and South Korea and ITV asked me to be a pundit. I had the most incredible time, it was the moment that I recognised I wanted to go into punditry because of the people I was surrounded by.

"The fellow pundits on that panel were Bobby Robson, Terry Venables and Paul Gascoigne. I totally don't belong in that panel from the point of view of football greatness and coaching. What I could give them was the current understanding of what was happening in that dressing room."

He added: "Des Lynam was the doyen, the God of hosts and presenters in that era. Someone with an unbelievable voice, great delivery, great humour. I always got on with Des but if you could please stop putting me forward as the manager of Manchester United it would be quite helpful. I understand where you're coming from, I do understand the club, I do love the club, I do believe I can communicate well. However, I don't want to go back into coaching number one, number two I don't believe that I'm the best man for the job by a long way."

The ex-England defender also revealed that he has been mocked by fellow pundit Jamie Carragher ever since Lynam expressed his opinion as he added: "It gives my friends and colleagues, particularly Mr James Carragher, the opportunity to giggle quite a bit on a Thursday afternoon when he sees the headline. I love Des to bits but I'm pretty sure he's not right on that one. I feel bad to tell him he's not right because he's someone with such vast experience."

After a morale-boosting win over Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday, Amorim's United side will be back in action on Sunday as they take on Fulham in the Premier League.