Five of the worst Gary Neville moments

Having previously been known simply as ‘that footy pundit off the telly’, over the past year Gary Neville seems to have been trying to manoeuvre his way into politics. The former Man Utd captain signed up as a Labour member, conducted a cringeworthy Q&A with Keir Starmer at last year’s party conference, and has consistently called for the Tories to be removed from office. But is Neville a true comrade of the workers’ movement? Mr S thought he’d do some digging into the right back’s past…

Qatari hypocrisy

Having been a consistent critic of the Qatari government, their human rights’ abuses and stance on gay rights, Neville then, er, became a fully paid-up member of Qatari state media by agreeing to be a pundit at the 2022 World Cup for beIN Sports.

BeIN is owned by the Qataris, but Neville was front and centre of their coverage throughout the tournament, for which he was paid substantial amounts of money.