Gary Neville is rarely backward about coming forward when it comes to criticising Manchester United's owners.
The Glazer family have often felt the full force of Neville's wrath, particularly following a bad result with Neville using his platform as a prominent Sky Sports pundit to air his forthright views.
But now he has admitted that he did not feel he had it in him to chastise the American owners whilst he was a player. Writing in his new book ' The People's Game: A View From A Front Seat In Football ', Neville admits: "I didn’t have it in me to speak out. Footballers now have much more character and presence about them. We harp back to characters of old.