Neville wants Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal punished amid breakaway plot
Gary Neville has called for Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal to be relegated and have their titles stripped after plans for a breakaway to a European Super League emerged.
The Red Devils legend let rip on Sky Sports slamming the ‘criminal’ behaviour of the clubs and demanding serious punishment if they release a statement of intent on Sunday night as is expected.
Neville blasted the owners of the Big Six, labelling them ‘impostors’ and ‘bottle merchants’, and called for them all to have points deducted and money is taken off them.
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The Premier League’s top sides signed up to the rebel move less than 24 hours before Uefa were due to release its own planned revamp of the Champions League and could earn up to £310million as an initial ‘golden hello’ plus a minimum £130m each season from their share of a £3.1billion total pot.
The plans, pushed by Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United and AC Milan, are backed by the financial muscle of US investment giant JP Morgan.
After coverage of United’s 3-1 win over Burnley at Old Trafford, Neville said: “Let them breakaway but punish them straightaway. If they announce a letter of intent has been signed they should be punished heavily.
“Massive fines, points deductions, take the titles off them – who cares? Give the title to Burnley, Fulham. Let Fulham stay up.
Relegate United, Liverpool and Arsenal because those three clubs are the history of this country they should be the ones to suffer most.”
“Relegate United, Liverpool and Arsenal because those three clubs are the history of this country they should be the ones to suffer most.
“Deduct them all points tomorrow – put them at the bottom of the league and take the money off them.
“Seriously you have got to stamp on this, it’s criminal. It is a criminal act against football fans in this country.
“Make no mistake about it. This is the biggest sport in the world, in this country and it’s a criminal act against the fans, simple as that.
“They are bottle merchants, you never hear from the owners of these clubs. They are absolute bottle merchants – they’ve got no voice.
“And they’ll probably hide in a few weeks and say it was nothing to do with them and they were only talking about it.
“It’s pure greed. They are impostors. They are impostors. The owners of this club, the owners of Liverpool, the owners of Chelsea, the owners of Manchester City are nothing to do with football in this country.”