'The Glazers must go' - an afternoon with Gary Neville on Man United, Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Aleksander Ceferin was the pantomime villain when speaking at the National Football Museum in Manchester earlier this week.

The UEFA president opened his speech by saying he would 'understand if he got a cold reception', following another shambolic, unorganised and borderline dangerous Champions League final where supporters felt like cattle again.

It was Gary Neville's turn to speak as part of the Football Supporters' Congress on Friday afternoon. Although the reception for Ceferin was frosty, the applause for the Manchester United legend as he took to the stage was generous.

Neville was introduced as 'having one or two opinions' and he was in personable form over the next 30 minutes on a range of issues, from the need for an independent regulator to his thoughts on state-owned clubs and the Glazers.

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He spoke at Manchester Metropolitan University and the conversation started by discussing the 'bomb' Neville had just dropped on social media. "I've tried to come off Twitter for the summer to try to stay away from the cesspit," he said to laughter.

"I ended up posting on Instagram about Chelsea and their five experienced players, Koulibaly, Mendy, Ziyech, Lukaku and Kante, who have been heavily linked with Saudi Arabia because their club needs to raise funds for financial fair play reasons.

"I asked for an embargo on those transfers, for a quick investigation, a look under the bonnet, to see if there's anything inappropriate going on. That's been construed as me saying I don't want Saudi Arabia ownership.

"There's investment from Saudi in Clearlake who own Chelsea and it definitely suits them to have their players to have off their books. They have 32