'My worst nightmare' - Gary Neville highlights transfer that got away for Manchester United

Gary Neville has admitted facing former Liverpool winger Sadio Mane would have been his 'worst nightmare'.

Mane spent eight years in the Premier League, enjoying successful spells at both Southampton and Liverpool. He joined the latter from the Saints in 2016 and scored 120 goals in 269 appearances.

During his time at Anfield, he also won six major honours, including one Premier League title and one Champions League crown. Alongside Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, he helped form one of the deadliest attacks the division has seen in its rich history.

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His pace, power, intelligent runs and strength in the air often caused problems for opposing defenders, whose challenge was already hard enough trying to keep Firmino and Salah quiet. With that said, Neville, during a sit-down chat with Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, has admitted being tasked with trying to keep the now-Al-Nassr winger at arm's length would have been a nightmare for him.

Neville, speaking to Alexander-Arnold on the latest edition of The Overlap, said: "How good was Mane, by the way? His runs, he would have caused me a massive problem."

"Same," Alexander-Arnold agreed. "He is the one player I have played who I have thought I am glad I don't have to play against him."

Neville then confessed: "He would have caused me nightmares. He would have been my worst nightmare."

"He was the perfect attacker, you know,” Alexander-Arnold added. "He had everything.

"As an athlete, in the end, he was probably similar to Ronaldo, you know. He had the jump, he could get up, he was fast, he could