Gary Neville has chosen Manchester City’s Phil Foden as the current attacking Premier League player he would have most liked to play alongside, revealing his disbelief at how Manchester United failed to pick him up as a youngster.
The former Reds captain was reflecting on the 30-year anniversary since the start of the Premier League when he made the admission. Fellow pundit Jamie Carragher opted for Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold as the current player he’d most like to play with.
Defensively speaking, Neville initially chose Virgil van Dijk but then explained why City star Foden would be the attack-minded active player he’d most like to play with. He also outlined his regret that United had missed out on bringing him into their academy set-up instead.
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Speaking on Sky Sports, Neville said: “I think from an attacking point of view it would be a young English player. I always look at Phil Foden and think ‘How have United not got him as a youngster?’.
“You look at Foden and think that’s the type of player who you’d think ‘what a player he is, he’ll be around a long time’. So I’ll say Foden.”
The 22-year-old was named Young Premier League Player of the Season for a second consecutive year last term.
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