Sky Sports has apologized to former Manchester United star Gary Neville after he was subjected to another round of abuse ahead of Manchester City’s game against Burnley. “By the way, I’m sorry for the words I yelled at you there,” the Sky Sports News presenter said while speaking to a pundit who was providing analysis at Turf Moor.
“That’s the world we live in,” he said. “I just walked past that box and I was abused by four guys and I’m going to be kicked out of this stadium in about five minutes.
“I’m sick of it. People basically just over-abuse you all the time. I’m going to stick with the rest of them.”
“But it has become too easy for everyone to abuse football managers, football pundits, football coaches and football players and think there will be no consequences.”
On the overlap, Neville revealed that he was worried he would be bitten by a dog when he encountered it on the street after being subjected to vile abuse while out with his wife Emma.
The man filming the video can be heard saying: “Gary Neville? Terrible, awful, awful. That’s what you’re cheating on. Listen, listen, I’m filming because you’re cheating.”
“Things you don’t want to know about a working-class guy. Even your own fans are against you because you’re such an asshole.”
Neville revealed further details about the incident on board the Overlap. He said: “I think he had a dog on a leash that was quite aggressive.”
“And I thought he was going to let the dog go. I thought that was one of the places he was going to go that way.”
He added, “Do you know what I should have done? What mistake did I make? I should have filmed him because no one would know who he is.”
“You know what I’m saying? And I think if I had filmed him, he might not have released it. I don’t know.”
