Two years can be a long time in football, as shown by the different paths of the two Man Utd players who Gary Neville considered undroppable back in 2021.
At the time, United were on track for a second-place finish under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, though a defeat against struggling Sheffield United had left the door open for fellow high-flyers Liverpool and Leicester. Former club captain Neville called for his one-time team-mate Solskjaer to make better use of his squad, urging rotation in the lead-up to a record-equalling 9-0 victory over Southampton.
Despite calls for changes to the starting line-up, Neville was insistent that Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire still needed to play every week. A couple of years on, though, the pair have had differing fortunes.
