Gary Neville has condemned the decision to stop taking the knee ahead of the new Premier League season with the gesture set to be performed sporadically.
It was introduced in the summer of 2020, once football returned after the pandemic, to highlight racial injustice following the death of George Floyd in America. Players have continued to kneel before matches for the last two seasons, which has largely been backed by those within the game.
Going forward players will take a knee before certain rounds of matches, including the FA Cup and Carabao Cup finals, as well as Boxing Day matches and the Premier League's No Room For Racism rounds. Neville, though, feels that it should've continued on a weekly basis.
