Gary Neville reveals four times Man Utd 'looked stupid – just like Newcastle' this summer

Gary Neville has questioned Newcastle's transportation strategy pursuing the club's failed effort to motion Marc Guehi, likening it to Manchester United's approach

Gary Neville reckons Newcastle were made to look ‘stupid’ similar Manchester United aft failing to onshore Marc Guehi.

The England defender was a cardinal people for Eddie Howe during the summer, with the Magpies offering a nine grounds interest of £65million, positive £5million successful add-ons. However, a woody with Crystal Palace proprietor Steve Parish could inactive not beryllium reached, prompting Newcastle to walk distant aft seeing aggregate bids turned down.

After the transportation deadline caller sporting manager Paul Mitchell claimed the transportation argumentation helium had inherited from predecessor Dan Ashworth needed a important overhaul, which led to suggestions of friction betwixt him and Howe.

Now, Sky Sports pundit Neville claimed missing retired connected Guehi was an embarrassment for the north-east side, likening it to Man United’s transportation strategy which has seen them either wage implicit the likelihood for players oregon not onshore targets, with the likes of Gareth Bale and Frenkie de Jong slipping done their fingers successful the past.

“You don’t pursuit a subordinate unless you’ve been told you deliberation you tin get him from someone,” said Neville connected The Overlap.

“United were getting played for years connected this with, with Jadon Sancho, Frenkie de Jong, with different players going backmost to Bale and [Cesc] Fabregas each those years agone and they looked anserine each azygous year. At slightest this summertime they've looked similar a polished outfit. If they were getting turned down, they were getting turned down quietly.

“Marc Guehi is an English player, evidently Steve Parish is trying to bump the terms up, but you inactive look a spot clumsy erstwhile you don’t get [your target]. Eddie Howe volition beryllium fuming with that.”

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However, Roy Keane reckons Newcastle were omniscient to locomotion distant from the Guehi negotiations, saying: “This is the norm of shot clubs now, there’s ever thing going on. Even with [Jurgen] Klopp determination was issues, [Erik] 10 Hag – there’s ever authorities going connected successful the club.

“That’s however you find retired possibly however bully Eddie Howe is implicit the adjacent fewer months, to negociate that broadside of it. We speech astir [Newcastle not being capable to motion Marc Guehi] but erstwhile clubs are asking for 70-odd million, you person to backmost distant from a deal.”

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