'I remember I got subbed and I went in to the changing room and all of a sudden I heard you shouting coming through the door and you were like 'I’m going to f**king kill you'.'
Neville stayed at Old Trafford his whole career – winning eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups and two Champions Leagues – while Van Nistelrooy spent five seasons with the Red Devils,They tasted success together but also revealed that they didn’t always see eye to eye with Neville bringing up a time when they almost got into a fight after a match away at Middlesbrough in 2002.
Neville recalls Van Nistelrooy failing to show for the ball when he had it on the right-hand side of the pitch and the former Netherlands international explains why he was struggling. After Van Nistelrooy failed to offer himself as an option, Neville added: “I went f**king move and you went ‘f**k off Gary’.”
Neville interjected: “I remember I got subbed and I went in to the changing room and all of a sudden I heard you shouting coming through the door and you were like ‘I’m going to f**king kill you’ and I was like ‘God Ruud has snapped’, and everyone jumped in between us.
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