Neville: Snubbing Ronaldo Didn’t Affect Our Friendship

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has disclosed that he’s still on good terms with Cristiano Roanldo despite snubbing him two years ago.

This snub came after he suggested Ronaldo wanted to leave United and went about his departure in the wrong way after being interviewed by the likes of Piers Morgan, which Neville said did not help his case.

Speaking to The Overlap US, the former United star was adamant that his friendship with the 5-time Ballon d’Or winner is safe.

“He’s never not been my friend. To be fair, the situation at United at the end, he went and did that interview with Piers Morgan, I didn’t feel that was the right way to end it, personally.

“I feel as though he’s a guy who has achieved basically everything in the game and more.

“To be fair, I never spoke to him before that for eight or nine years.

“I wasn’t friends with Cristiano when I played at the club. He was a great teammate, a special player.