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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Is 'Unhappy' With Gary Neville's Passionate Anti-Glazer Stance And Wants It 'Toned Down'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Is 'Unhappy' With Gary Neville's Passionate Anti-Glazer Stance And Wants It 'Toned Down'

Neville has ripped into the club's ownership in recent weeks.

Daniel Marland

Daniel Marland

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his staff are reportedly unhappy with club legend Gary Neville's passionate stance against the Glazer family ownership.

Neville has been widely praised for his scathing critique of United and other big six clubs who looked to join the European Super League.

The Sky Sports pundit doesn't hold back when it comes to his former side and also discussed Sunday's protests at length.

It has been claimed by Daily Mail that Solskjaer thinks Neville needs to 'tone down' his rhetoric after the weekend's game with Liverpool was postponed.

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Solskjaer discussed the protests in a press conference on Wednesday and said 'certain individuals' hadn't helped the issue.

"When it becomes a police matter that's not nice and it has not been helped by certain individuals," he explained.

"I have to say that's another part of it, that's your (the media's) end of it."

Neville and Sky colleague Jamie Carragher have been applauded for their work in recent weeks - but Richard Keys took him to task in an astonishing rant earlier this week.

Writing in his blog, the 64-year-old, accused Neville of instigating riots and telling him that who owns which club isn't his business.

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"Enough Gary, I want to watch football matches, not riots," the beIN Sports presenter opened with.

"Plainly no-one at your primary employer has got the courage to say anything to you - so let me.

"It really is none of my business who owns Manchester United, Arsenal, Valencia, Salford or Sheffield. With the exception of Salford, nor is it yours. Nor is it Jamie Carragher's, Rio Ferdinand's, Jake Humphries or Gary Lineker's.

"Our job is simple and privileged. Our job is to call football matches. It is not our job to instigate riots. And make no mistake, what happened at Old Trafford on Sunday was a riot. And a disgrace. I hate to think what the reaction would've been had Liverpool fans been to blame."

Keys went further by joining Graeme Souness in suggesting the riots were only because of a lack of success on the pitch.

"It was NOT a peaceful demonstration. One Police officer has been left with life-changing injuries. He could've been blinded after being attacked by a thug wielding a broken bottle.

"What was it all about? Was it a protest against the ESL? No. But some would have you believe that? If the protest was about the ESL then why have City fans not been out with their own wrecking ball? Or Chelsea fans? Or Spurs fans?

"Was it a demonstration about the ownership of Manchester United? No. But some would have you believe that. It was a show of frustration that United are no longer the dominant force in English football.

"The Glazers are not for me. But Sir Alex Ferguson never had a problem with them."

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Topics: Football, Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Gary Neville