Manchester United's new president, Richard Arnold, will take office on 1 February, and before taking charge of the club, the "second German son" first threw an olive branch to the team's celebrities, hoping that they would actively cooperate and avoid overly criticizing the club.
According to The Athletic, Arnold does not want to be the target of public criticism like his predecessor Ed Woodward, who has been criticized by Manchester United celebrities. In addition, he also hopes that the former Red Devils players who served as commentators on major TV stations after retiring from retirement can try to be as ruthless as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did in the coaching era, avoiding crazy shelling of the team and bringing additional pressure.
Therefore, before Arnold took office, he intended to build a good relationship with the Manchester United star, and the first thing he found was Gary Neville, the most active speaker at Sky Sports, and it is expected that Scholes will also talk with him later. In addition, Manchester United's former players such as Leo Ferdinand, Roy Keane and Owen Hargreaves also work for official Premier League broadcasters such as "BT Sport" and the BBC.
Not only that, but Neville and Ferdinand are also active on social networking sites, so Arnold feels it is necessary to show their overtures and create an atmosphere of public opinion in favor of Manchester United. Because Manchester United's influence is huge, a little turmoil, especially negative news, can cause turmoil.
Neville is the vanguard of criticism of Manchester United, in addition to Solskjaer, Woodward, Glazer and even many players have been bombarded by Sky Sports in turn, scolding him to the point of no end. Joel Glazer, one of United bosses, admitted last year that he had also heard Neville's praise and criticism of Manchester United.
"I know Gary (Neville), conservatively, to put it mildly, to be quite harsh on us." Joel Glazer said at the time, "Everyone has their own opinion, and you can take two attitudes and choose to ignore him because he didn't say anything nice, or you stopped and listened to what he said." People always bring some good ideas, good ideas, so you have to listen carefully, you can't ignore them, because you can't do everything, it's not that simple. Sometimes the situation is more complicated, but Gary is a legend for the club and he has contributed a lot to the club. He also has good ideas and ideas, and we'll listen to what he says."
Interestingly, Alexander-Arnold's efforts appear to be bearing fruit, with Neville changing his tone this week, praising United for starting to make progress under Ronnick and improving the atmosphere. "Last week was a very successful week for Manchester United." Neville said on Sky Sports, "Facing tough games, mind me, I'm talking about tough games, but you still expect United to win. However, due to United's recent performances, there is no guarantee of victory now. I would say that against Brentford in the first half, United relied on luck not to concede a goal, and finally won the second half. Yesterday against West Ham, something also happened in favor of Manchester United."
Neville added: "But I think after this week, Lonnick's situation has improved because of the two-game winning streak. I think everyone sees what's going on, they all support him, he's probably more aggressive and controlling than he was a week or two ago. The last-minute goal, it's an important goal, it's a big deal for the club and it's extraordinary for the player who scored [Rashford], and I think it's really important."