Off Script: Inside Man Utd’s transfers with Nev
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What insights does Gary Neville share about Manchester United's transfer experiences?
Ian and Gary, are you ready for another of our off-scripts? I think so, yeah. I don't know what the topic is. Good. That's why it's called off-script. It's not only off-script, it's off the cuff as well. I've got to say, your hair's looking nice. Who attacked that?
I was sat at home last night thinking it's too long and thinking I'm going to get a haircut for the next few weeks, so I let the kids do it.
Yeah, I might have to get the golden shears out for Michael, but there you go. Now, I want to talk to you about something, despite all your years in football, something that you personally have never experienced. A goal? No, you've scored a transfer because you're a one club man. But even though you've never experienced it, you experienced players coming into your club players leaving your club, will it create the whole thing? So let's start with you first of all. Was there ever a point or was there ever a conversation where another club came in for you that you were aware of?
None that I've ever been made aware of and none that I ever know of. And I would imagine probably Sir Alex in his post Manchester United career or in his interviews when I left the club would have said that somebody would have come in for me or something like that. It would have come out. So, no, I'm unaware of any interest that's ever been shown in me.
Was there ever a point, now obviously, you know, the club you supported as a boy and also a hugely successful club, but was there ever a point where you thought, this is great, but I'd like to experience something else different in life as a player?
Never for one second did I ever take the blinkers off. I could never understand that, for instance, just before David Beckham left, I knew probably a few months before that there was probably something brewing. I couldn't get my head around it at the time, being so Manchester United, how any player that was at the club would ever think to want to leave. I just couldn't compute it at all. And for myself, it never once entered my head. I mean, my contract negotiations, The longest was probably three meetings. That was maybe when Peter Kenyon was the CEO. They were normally done inside one meeting or two meetings maximum. They were always long contracts. I think I signed a four year contract when I was 18, a five year contract when I was 19 or 20, a seven year contract when I was 22, a six year contract when I was 26,
And a five-year contract when I was 29. And then one-year contracts from 34 up to 36. I literally was always in contract. And I know it sounds crazy, but it actually struck home to me actually this week, thinking about players during this coronavirus period. And thinking back, not from a playing point of view, but thinking about how I was as a player. I always saw security as being really important. And you're always being in long contracts. And I remember speaking to a few players in January that we were trying to sign with Salford, thinking about a conversation with one of the players that we eventually did sign, who was out of contract in the summer, who was toying between letting his contract run to the summer or signing a two and a half year deal with us.
And in the end, he chose to sign a two and a half year deal with us. Oh, what a good shout that is now. Honestly, Jeff, when you think about the precarious situation that probably about 1,500 players are going to be in in two months' time that are out of contract, I know that everybody in football always talks about the 200 grand a week players, but it's going to be an incredibly difficult time for a lot of players who are earning probably £300, £400, £500 a week, £200 a week in the lower leagues, National League players on £150 a week. You know, in terms of the players who have let their contracts run down, there will be some who will be able to rise above it because of the quality. But there'll be some that are out of contract in the summer who've made a choice to let the contract run down, thinking that the magic money tree that is football is going to continue and there is going to be a huge correction coming.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Gary Neville share about Manchester United's transfer experiences?
0:02–5:38
2
How did Sir Alex Ferguson's transfer policy shape the club's success?
5:38–10:11
3
What was Gary Neville's perspective on players leaving Manchester United?
10:11–15:48
4
How did David Beckham's departure impact the team dynamics?
15:48–20:23
5
What factors influenced players' decisions to stay or leave Manchester United?
20:23–25:22
6
How did Gary Neville feel about his own loyalty to Manchester United?
25:22–29:52
7
What differences exist between transfer strategies at Manchester United and Salford City?
29:52–34:40
8
Which clubs did Gary Neville admire and consider during his career?
34:40–42:50
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