Neville owns a stake in the growing Salford club The two clubs will meet competitively for the first timeGary Neville has agreed to be a guest commentator on Salford City’s live streaming site when the League Two club take on
Manchester United Under-21s on Wednesday night. As a co-owner of Salford he will be at the Peninsula Stadium regardless, even if his loyalties will inevitably be conflicted when the club bought into by the Class of ‘92 meet the class of 2020 in the Checkatrade Trophy.
Whether or not Neville can put his Manchester United allegiance wholly behind him, the fact is that this eagerly anticipated Manchester derby – the first time the two clubs have met in a competitive game – is already in danger of being overshadowed by the draw for the second round of the Carabao Cup, made on Sunday. That takes Salford to Everton, the real Everton, not their academy side. City’s coach, Graham Alexander, will find himself up against serial
Champions League winner Carlo Ancelotti, and quite possibly James Rodríguez and Allan.