Manchester United legend Gary Neville gives heartfelt interview about his final season at Old Trafford
Pundit finally quit in 2011 after nearly two decades playing at one of the world's biggest clubs, but hated last camapign
GARY NEVILLE has given a heartfelt interview about a miserable final season at Manchester United.
After a string of fine performances in the 2010-11 title-winning campaign, the veteran right-back was convinced to sign a new deal by Sir Alex Ferguson.
But a series of shocking displays against Stoke, West Brom and Everton forcced the club icon to bravely tell his boss he was through.
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Neville told : ";I started playing against Stoke and West Brom and when you’ve got average players causing you a problem you know you’re in trouble.
";I played three games that season and nearly cost us, in fact I did cost us against Everton away.
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"I should have been sent off twice. And that’s when I said to Alex Ferguson, ‘I’m going to cost you here it’s not going to work, I just don’t feel right at all'.
"I’d retired there [after being taken off at half-time against West Brom] – even though I played on for two months and played another couple of games, in my mind I’d gone.
"I knew after 20 minutes of that game [Stoke] it was my last one for United, the fans were singing my name but at half-time I sat the toilet on my own thinking 'I wan't this to end'.
"I came into the club, pretended I was injured to be around and speak to the lads.
"I retired on January 2 but it wasn’t announced until early February. I was embarrassed every day when I was in thinking this highly elite football club has a guy going in every day who’s a passenger."