Gary Neville explains why he’s ‘softened’ his hatred of Liverpool since retiring from playing

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Should Liverpool be awarded that 2013/14 title? 🤔 We are probably the club who has been impacted the most… Brendan Rodgers Neville no longer hates LiverpoolLike fellow Man United icon Wayne Rooney, who grew up supporting Everton, Neville has never attempted to hide the fact that he really, really hates Liverpool.So, when asked by David Ornstein to name which club he did or currently does hate the most during a video for The Athletic FC Podcast, it was not a surprise to hear Neville’s answer.“Liverpool,” he said. “When I was a kid, I hated them.

“We never won the league and I really did hate them, didn’t like them at all throughout my football career, hated them.”READ MORE: Why Jurgen Klopp will be the biggest winner of Man City’s impending punishment whatever happensHowever, Neville says that as he’s gotten older, he has come to realise that he has some things in common with Liverpool as a Man United supporter, and claims that his close work with Jamie Carragher also played a part in a ‘softening’ of his feelings.“As you get older, hate is not the right word, you soften a little bit, you become more respectful, you have admiration for what they are as a club, you begin working with people who used to play for them!” he said.“And you realise that you’ve actually got some form of alignment really. I don’t want them ever to win a football match, I don’t want them to win a trophy.

I hate the idea of them winning the league, I hate the idea of them being on 20 league titles, I want us to win, simple as that. Hate’s a strong word.”With United and Liverpool fans coming together in celebration of Manchester City being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations this week, the two do have a mutual understanding that they are the biggest clubs in the country by some distance.