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Gary Neville demands "scavenger" Glazers leave Manchester United

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Manchester United legend Gary Neville labels the Glazer family "scavengers" after the announcement of a European Super League.

Gary Neville has launched a scathing attack on Manchester United's owners the Glazer family following the announcement of a European Super League.

The Red Devils - along with the other five clubs in the Premier League's 'Big Six' - have all agreed to become founding members of the breakaway continental competition, but the initiative has been met with fury by fans and players alike.

Joel Glazer has hailed the tournament as a "new chapter" for football, but Neville is heavily against the idea and has labelled the Glazers "scavengers" for their involvement in the process.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Neville said: "I feel slightly complicit, I've stayed pretty quiet in terms of the Glazers over the years.

"I've done that because I've thought when the club was taken over as a Plc you knew it could be bought. It was out of the control of players, fans and everybody.

"I believe in a free market, and I've always thought 'what's the answer to the Glazers? Who takes them out? Russia, China, state money for the £2-3 billion it would need?'

"I've stayed quiet on the basis that it's still Manchester United, you can still watch the lads play, I can be happy and sad, I can still watch football in this country, they take dividends out, I can live with that slightly, but what I can't live with is attacking every single football fan in this country.

"They have stepped over the mark. They are scavengers and need booting out of this football club and booting out of this country. We have got to come together.

"It might be too late, there'll be people at Manchester United, fans 15 years ago who will say it's too late. It's never too late, we have got to stop this. It is absolutely critical we do."

Meanwhile, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has defended the plans, claiming that a European Super League will help "save football".

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