Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher were involved in an awkward debate over Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim.

The Portuguese head coach began his first full season at Old Trafford on Sunday with a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Premier League.

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Amorim is the latest United manager to face pressure in the Old Trafford dugoutCredit: Getty

After finishing 15th in May, their lowest ever final standing, United have spent close to £200million on new signings during the summer.

Gary Neville calls out Jamie Carragher's 'disrespectful' new season predictions in a VERY awkward exchange on Monday Night Football	Jamie Carragher can't stop laughing at Gary Neville's pick for this season's manager to watch	Gary Neville slams 'disrespect' from Jamie Carragher in Ruben Amorim exchange

Appearing on Monday Night Football for Sky Sports, club legend Neville named Amorim as his 'Manager to Watch' for this season.

Carragher couldn't help but laugh at his selection, but his irked co-pundit responded: "Why you laughing, it's disrespectful?"

"You pick the Man United manager every year on that," Carragher said, and Neville insisted: "I don't pick him every year, it's disrespectful."

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Carragher added: "You picked three last year, and one of them was the man [Erik] Ten Hag."

Neville then offered an explanation for his decision during what was starting to become a tense exchange between the two.

"The reason last year is a similar reason to this.

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"He's the Manchester United manager, he has to deliver in these first few months of the season, and I think he will outperform, I think he'll emerge...

"So this season, I think the manager to watch is the United manager.

He had a horrible start to his United career, he didn't want the job partway through last season."

"Do you not think, because of that, he gets this season, whatever happens?" host David Jones asked.

"Oh no, I don't think it'll be that easy," Neville said.

"I think if he's down in [the] bottom half of the table, he'd be under massive pressure."

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Carragher then appeared confused with Neville's assessment of his articleCredit: @SkySportsPL X

A goalkeeping error from Altay Bayindir allowed Ricardo Calafiori to score the winning goal for Arsenal at Old Trafford.

However, despite beginning the new season with a loss, Amorim saw encouraging signs from United's performance.

"We were more aggressive than last year," he told Sky Sports.

So I think the most important thing, we were not boring."

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Neville and Carragher season predictions

Neville:

Champions - ArsenalTop four - Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United5th - Chelsea6th - NewcastleSurprise European contender - Nottingham ForestRelegated - Leeds United, Burnley, WolvesDanger zone - BrentfordTop scorer - Erling HaalandImpact signing - Viktor GyokeresPlayer to watch - Adrien TruffertManager to watch - Ruben Amorim

Carragher:

Champions - LiverpoolTop four - Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea5th - Newcastle6th - TottenhamSurprise European contender - Manchester UnitedRelegated - Wolves, Sunderland, BurnleyDanger zone - West HamTop scorer - Erling HaalandImpact signing - Florian WirtzPlayer to watch - EstevaoManager to watch - Oliver Glasner
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