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Youri Tielemans was one of the best midfielders in the Premier League for years at Aston Villa and Leicester City, but club legend Gary Neville is not impressed with the way he and Kobbie Mainoo fit together as the pairing at the base of the Manchester United midfield. Neville said of the duo after United's 1-1 draw with Tottenham,"Tielemans and Mainoo, I think we've seen enough now. I don't want to draw a definitive line, as that would probably be too radical, but I've seen enough to think that this midfield [the two of them together] isn't dynamic enough for the Premier League. Both are good players individually, but sometimes it just doesn't work together." Mainoo is having a career start to the 2026/27 season under Michael Carrick and is one of the leaders in passin...

Manchester United legend Cristiano Ronaldo was the best player in the world in his first stint at the club and made sure the Red Devils stayed on top, but his second stint as a veteran who had already conquered football was a disaster. Although Cris was amazing in the 2021/22 season as a goal-scorer, Man United almost seemed to go backwards as a team. And while he was right about a lot of the criticisms of Erik ten Hag and the club on his way out, his exit did not sit well with many fans, and neither did his lack of work rate on the pitch or his treatment of some of the young players. Speaking on The Overlap podcast, another Manchester United legend and Cristiano's former teammate Gary Neville spoke unkindly of Cris's second stint at the club, pointing out that he did not show the sa...

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Gary Neville told the brutal truth about Youri Tielemans at Manchester United

Gary Neville finally told the bitter truth about Cristiano Ronaldo’s second stint at Manchester United