Man Utd legend Gary Neville has revealed how Peter Schmeichel branded him a risk at a Christmas party during his first season in the first team.
Neville was part of one of the most successful periods in the Red Devils history with the former right-back winning eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups and two Champions Leagues.
The former Man Utd defender often jokes that he wasn t the most gifted player and he has now revealed that ex-Red Devils team-mate Schmeichel was brutal to him in the early days in training .
Neville said on Sky Bet s Stick To Football podcast: I was always vocal on the pitch, I’d give loads of information to my centre back and right winger, I’d never shut up on the pitch. But in terms of standing up to people, [Peter] Schmeichel was brutal to me in the early days in training.
He told me one Christmas do, that he thought I was a risk. He said that Paul Parker was an amazing defender with a great back four, and that I was the first person to break into that back four and he saw me as a risk, thinking that I wouldn’t be good enough and would cause problems.
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Neville added: This was in 1998, he told me, three years after I’d broke in. Roy [Keane] was like that, [Paul] Ince was like that, the boss [Sir Alex Ferguson] was like that, it was almost like an initiation. Eric Harrison said to me after 17 games in the first team, and I was picked for England, that you’re not a Manchester United player until you’ve played 100 matches, you need three seasons.
Gary Neville: Three of my Man Utd team-mates were like mice
Neville explained how three players were particularly quiet during their early days as Man Utd players, he continued: [Ryan] Giggs was so quiet, [Paul] Scholes, Butty [Nicky Butt], all of us we were mice for the first four or five years in the dressing room.
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