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Gary Neville bumped into Floyd Mayweather before the Carabao Cup final in 2023's weirdest crossover

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Updated 17:44 26 Feb 2023 GMTPublished 17:45 26 Feb 2023 GMT

Gary Neville bumped into Floyd Mayweather before the Carabao Cup final in 2023's weirdest crossover

"This is surreal."

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Gary Neville bumped into boxing legend Floyd Mayweather while on Instagram live ahead of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday afternoon.

The Sky Sports pundit was in town over the weekend for Manchester United's massive clash with Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium.

Neville broadcasted to his 1.6 million Instagram followers before the game to try and poke fun at broadcaster partner Jamie Carragher.

The former Liverpool defender was late to meet Neville for their arranged pick-up time of 12pm as he thought it was 1pm.

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A bus driver asked Neville if he was able to move his vehicle to perform a three-point turn in the road. That was then blocked by several black cars parked in the road, with a woman approaching Neville seconds later. She then asked: "You’re a footballer?"

"I used to be," the ex-Manchester United full-back replied. The woman then walked off as 50-0 fighter Mayweather followed into the hotel.

Neville on Instagram. (Image
Gary Neville/Instagram)

"No word of a lie it’s Floyd Mayweather," Neville exclaimed. "Floyd Mayweather’s just walked in past my hotel, he can dump his car anywhere he wants that man."

Mayweather was in the United Kingdom for a lucrative exhibition bout against former Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers. 'Money' went the distance at the O2 Arena, although ticket sales were far from stellar.

Per Sky Sports, one ticket-selling agency contacted people over the availability of tickets for just £4.95 on the evening of the fight.

Mayweather took on Chalmers on Saturday. (Image
Alamy)

That doesn't change that Mayweather is arguably the best fighter of his generation and a star on the world stage. Naturally, Neville was buzzing when he got in the car with Carragher.

He got one final dig in. The 48-year-old joked: "Floyd Mayweather’s girlfriend knows who I am, do you think she’d know who you were?"

United are currently 2-0 up against Newcastle thanks to Casemiro's header and an own goal from Sven Botman. They're just 45 minutes away from ending their longest trophy drought in 40 years.

Featured Image Credit: Gary Neville/Instagram

Topics: Gary Neville, Floyd Mayweather, Boxing, Carabao Cup

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