Manager says nature of
Job means he will always be scrutinisedToni Duggan dropped from squad in ‘really difficult’ decisionPhil Neville has said he does not feel he will be on trial in England’s matches against
Germany and Norway, as the
Football Association stalls on announcing the coach of Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.
“I knew the timeframes at the start of the season and the communication has always been clear and honest with me,” said Neville, whose
England team play Europe’s highest-ranked side, Germany, in Wiesbaden on 27 October in their first international game since March. “Any time you go out onto the pitch as a footballer or a manager there’s always that element of ‘you’ve got to perform, you’re being assessed, you’re being scrutinised’ and that’s no different now but it doesn’t feel like a trial.”