Neville and Carrragher furore confirms their status as pundits like no other | Sachin Nakrani

Sachin Nakrani - TheGuardian - 01/03
Criticism from Pochettino and Ten Hag meant the pair again set the agenda this week – shame it’s so annoying and tedious

In 40 or 50 years’ time – perhaps a littler sooner, perhaps a little later – football historians will talk about this week as the moment the sport entered a new era in regards to its biggest superstars. No longer, they will say, was this Lionel Messi’s and Cristiano Ronaldo’s world, for now it belonged to two greater giants. We heard them speak, we heard them muse, we heard them make fun of our teams and, finally, the glory was theirs. Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, praise be thy names.

Or maybe not if your own name is Mauricio Pochettino or Erik ten Hag, both of whom took umbrage at comments the pair made while working for Sky Sports. Pochettino hit back at Nevill...
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