Neville rules out United job

Earlier, Valencia escaped from Eibar with a point despite another disappointing display after crashing out of the Champions League against Lyon in Neville’s first game in charge in midweek. “Succeeding for me would be knowing these players have improved dramatically”, said the former United skipper and right-back who had won the EPL eight times.

“But I would definitely be sceptical, why wouldn’t I be sceptical?”

“It won’t take long before we can demonstrate the style of football that we want”.

“I think so. It is hard in modern football to have repetitive sessions due to matches on Wednesday and the weekend; for that reason we have video analysis”, Neville said.

‘He is doing better than I expected. They don’t have any problem talking freely about the situation and I like that. “You want that impact to come with these big words and you don’t even know if the translator is getting the impact across and the importance and the emphasis on words that you want”.

Negredo had been a peripheral figure under Neville’s predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo, when the club’s supporters demanded his return to the first team, and it was his through-ball to Andre Gomes that Eibar’s Junca turned into his own net.

“I thought that the language might be a handicap but a lot of players speak English and the boss has already started speaking a few words”.

“The players have been responsive and the meetings have been very good”.

Second-placed Atletico Madrid can draw level on 35 points with leaders Barcelona with a win at home to Bilbao later on Sunday before Real Madrid, two points behind Atletico in third, play at fifth-placed Villarreal.

Indeed, when asked if he could ever take up the hot seat at Old Trafford, Neville replied by saying he doesn’t see it happening ‘at all’.

“I’ve signed for six months, but I plan everything as if I’m going to be here for four or five years”.

The extended Guillem Balague interview with Gary Neville is also available On Demand.