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14th August 2015
07:14pm BST

While much of Neville's anger was directed at the higher level of management at the club who failed to secure De Gea's signature on a new contract at any stage over the past two or three seasons, current manager Louis van Gaal is not absolved from blame in Neville's view.
"I think it is a distraction," Neville said. "As much as United fans, Louis van Gaal and the club might be disappointed with De Gea's saying he doesn't want to play, I don't know if that's true. "But this has been badly managed by Manchester United, make no mistake about that. To allow a player of his quality not to extend a couple of years ago. He had those couple of dodgy seasons at the start when he was a young, inexperienced goalkeeper adapting to a new country, but under David Moyes he showed real promise and should have been snapped up [to a new contract]. "The question has to be asked why wasn't [his contract] extended in that period? To allow his contract to get to this situation is poor management. And now United are paying for it. "I think Valdes arriving last season might have unsettled him further. Now he's biting back a bit. It's a messy situation. No one will win out of it and it needs resolving before it rumbles on further."
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