Gary Neville: Why Harry Kane Will BREAK Alan Shearer’s Record
6/8/20261 hr 15 min
This is Gary Neville as you’ve never seen him before - sitting with Rio in his Airbnb and opening up about some hugely personal topics including the loss of his father, the abuse he suffered when out on the street with his family and why he should never have pursued a coaching or managerial career.
Despite Rio’s best efforts, Neville is typically self-deprecating about his own playing ability and instead focuses on the greatness around him - both in terms of mentality as well as the players who were technically brilliant.
He gives insight into how the England setup changed from his time as a player to when he coached the national team under Roy Hodgson - and there’s huge praise for Harry Kane’s attitude and “seriousness” about the way he approaches football at the highest level.
This episode is the very first time that Rio and Neville have discussed the time that Gary brought the England players together and threatened to strike because of the way Rio was treated by the FA which leads to a brutal and honest reflection on Neville's actions as the team’s union rep.
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First 90 secondsGary Neville· Guest0:00
He's a really serious guy, Harry. You never thought you could see anybody that would be as a prolific a striker as Alan Shearer. And I think if he comes back to the Premier League in the next year or so, I think he'll still come in and finish off Alan's record. He will become England's greatest ever goal scorer, the Premier League's greatest ever goal scorer Welcome to Rio Meets.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:18
Before the World Cup, I've decided to come back to Manchester, where I've invited one of my old teammates to come and spend a bit of time with me. And for these interviews, Airbnb have sorted out some amazing stays. So let's welcome someone else to the pod.
Gary Neville· Guest0:30
[upbeat music] Here we go.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:36
Gary. You all right? How you doing? You all right? Long time.
Gary Neville· Guest0:40
Is this your... What, what's, what is this, Rio?
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:42
No, you know what? It's just got... Airbnb sorted this out.
Gary Neville· Guest0:45
It's nice, innit?
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:46
Yeah, it's nice. Yeah. Really nice.
Gary Neville· Guest0:48
Whose apartment is this? Wow.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:49
Underground house. Yeah.
Gary Neville· Guest0:50
This is posh, innit? [laughs] What's g- what's this? This is unbelievable.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:54
It's mad, innit?
Gary Neville· Guest0:54
I need to stay here.
Rio Ferdinand· Host0:55
007, innit it? 007. You know when I first talked about getting you on here, I was thinking- Sh- ... Gary always puts himself down. [laughs] Seriously, you do, don't you? You're one of the best right-backs to play in the Premier League's history, but you always put yourself down. Why?
Gary Neville· Guest1:09
I don't know, really. I d- do you know why? I think it's, I think it comes from a fact that there's an acceptance that whichever way you look at it, I usually played, apart, you know, if I wasn't, if, if I wasn't injured, for the first probably 12 years at United, from '95 through to 2007, I played probably every week that was fit.