Gary Neville hits back at ex-Salford star's claim over brutal exit from club - 'Never happened'

Gary Neville, the bulk proprietor of Salford City, has had to code claims helium told 1 of his erstwhile players they'd ne'er play for his nine again aft a frank conversation

Gary Neville has rejected an relationship from ex-Salford City subordinate Jordan Hulme, who claims helium was told helium would "never play for them again".

Hulme near the Ammies successful 2017 erstwhile they were inactive a non-league outfit, but conscionable arsenic Neville and co had decided to instrumentality the nine full-time. Several players were looking to unafraid their futures arsenic nonrecreational players, but Hulme wasn't portion of their semipermanent plans.

Hulme himself was looking to spot wherever helium stood successful the owners' plans and wanted assurances that helium could effort and beryllium himself astatine Moor Lane, but has claims Neville told him that his clip astatine the nine was up and helium would ne'er deterioration the reddish of Salford again.

He told the I Had Trials Once podcast: "So I rang Gary Neville to accidental similar 'don't. If you archer maine I tin enactment and combat for my place, I volition bid each day. I americium not bothered if I americium not successful the squad for the archetypal few, but if you archer maine determination is simply a flimsy chance, past I'll stay'. He was similar 'there's nary chance. You are not playing for america again'."

Quizzed connected whether helium got a payout helium added: "Yeah I did, what did I have? A £60,000 contract. And I americium like, let's instrumentality £40k disconnected the b*****s. So I went successful and came retired with £8k."

Hulme past claimed that the Class of 92, who had purchased the club, were capable to usage his declaration against him and helium was forced retired the door.

The ex-Salford subordinate went connected to say: "He was saying, due to the fact that I signed a s**t contract. They were saying 'We cognize what you're on. Do you deliberation we are a***d astir paying idiosyncratic £450 a week beryllium successful the stands. That's good you tin beryllium there.' So that was their get retired thing."

Neville and his erstwhile Manchester United team-mates person overseen respective promotions done the non-league and managed to unafraid their spot successful the Football League backmost successful 2019. Since past they've remained successful League Two.

The Sky Sports pundit has addressed the claimed connected societal media and maintained that the speech "never happened astatine each but sounds great".

Hulme past appeared to suggest his words were misconstrued and corroborated Neville's communicative that his speech was really with the club's erstwhile associated managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley.

Johnson and Morley past offered their ain relationship of the story, some confirming they had held the hard speech with the subordinate - not Neville.

Johnson wrote connected X: "Nope, it was maine and Bernard Morley that sat down with Jordan, not Gary. Although, I tin besides corroborate it was Gary Neville that sacked us, the ruthless, horrible sod!" Morely added: "Gary, if Jordan said it was raining outside, I’d spell and check. As bully arsenic lad and footballer helium is, I deliberation he’s got his wires crossed with this."

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