Gary Neville hits back at Graeme Souness claim on Glazer ownership of Manchester United

Gary Neville couldn't hide his disappointment after Graeme Souness claimed the Glazers couldn't be blamed too much for Manchester United's current plight.

The debate came following another abject display from United in which the scope of their downfall was once again laid bare as they were hammered 4-0 by Liverpool. The Merseyside outfit took great pleasure in handing their great rivals another beating following the 5-0 win at Old Trafford in October, with Mohamed Salah grabbing two goals and Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane nothing the others.

After the match, there was once again a glum post-mortem in the Sky Sports studio during which Liverpool legend Souness tried to exonerate United's owners, the Glazer family, from much of the responsibility for the club's continued decline. It was a notion that Neville quickly moved to dispel.

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"I can't personally put too much blame attached to the Glazers," Souness said to Neville, to which the former United man sighed and slumped forward in his chair. "Other than them allowing people who weren't qualified and obviously weren't good enough to make football decisions. In terms of the funding, you can not be critical."

"Graeme, Graeme, seriously," Neville began in response. "No owners of any good business around the world when the core activity of that business is failing, and the cash reserves have been drained over the last few years through Covid, continue to take money out of a business.

Souness tried to interject but Neville continued: "No shareholders and directors and owners of a good business, when the business is failing in its core activity, the cash reserves are being drained, there is investment