Any tensions between Gabby Agbonlahor and Gary Neville do not look prone to simmer simply but.
That’s after the previous Aston Villa star tripled down on earlier feedback that he did not discover one other ex-Manchester United defender, Nemanja Vidic, troublesome to play towards. It was again in November that Agbonlahor left each Vidic and Neville out of his all-time Premier League XI, then later known as the Serb “the most overrated centre-back” in English soccer historical past.
But Neville took umbrage to these feedback in a spirited defence of his team-mate (and little question his personal profession). Speaking to fellow Sky pundits Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane and Ian Wright, the previous England common mentioned: “A guy who’s played against Man United 21 times and won once and f*****g shouts his mouth off in an interview.”
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And now Agbonlahor has reopened the back-and-forth by insisting he merely did not discover all of it that robust to get the higher of Vidic. Even if Neville’s feedback concerning the disparity between their data towards each other could also be true.
“When I said about Vidic, that’s my opinion,” mentioned the ex-Villa ahead throughout a current look on talkSPORT. “Nemanja Vidic was a high defender however not once I performed towards him. There’ll be clips the place [Fernando] Torres, [Didier] Drogba and I had him on a bagel.
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“Certain defenders you didn’t discover it robust towards. I mentioned in my view, I didn’t discover it robust enjoying towards him [Vidic]. He was very aggressive, so I’d spin him in behind. He wasn’t fast so I’d have the ability to flip him. You noticed the penalty within the [2010 League Cup] remaining he gave away as nicely.”
Some may baulk at the prospect of Agbonlahor mentioning himself in the same sentence as greats like Torres and Drogba. It’s also worth mentioning Agbonlahor is five years younger than Vidic, meaning he was on the rise when the ex-United general was in his declining years.
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The Birmingham native went on to record John Terry, Vincent Kompany, Rio Ferdinand and Ledley King as a few of these central defenders he did battle towards in his day. And he did pull out the receipt for one profitable day on the Theatre of Dreams that his punditry nemesis failed to say.
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“It might need upset Gary Neville however I did get the winner at Old Trafford in a 1-0 win,” he continued. “He can say 21 games and won once but it’s more about your personal experience like playing against Gary Neville – I didn’t think he was very good.
“But that was the latter part of his career. Maybe when he was younger he was better but the Gary Neville I played against, it was easy. We targeted his side because he was slow on the ball and slow getting back in.
“Look at the game when he retired against West Brom the place he had a shocker. It was as a result of he was older so it was simpler to play towards him however throughout his youthful years, after all, he was a high participant despite the fact that [David] Beckham carried him on that right-hand aspect.