Gary Neville made a remark about leadership last night and people think he was talking about politicians | indy100

Gary Neville made a remark about leadership last night and people think he was slagging off politicians.

Commentating on ITV after England won in the semi-final game against Denmark last night, the pundit celebrated the win and praised England’s manager Gareth Southgate in particular - comparing him to other leaders.

He said: “The standard of the leaders in the past couple of years in this country has been poor but look at that man there... he’s everything a leader should be: respectful, humble, tells the truth, genuine. He’s fantastic, Gareth Southgate”.

Whatever could he have meant?

Well, reacting to his comments, people assumed Neville was making a subtle dig about Prime Minister Boris Johnson and they thought it was brilliant:

Thank you @gnev2 and I hope someone plays that clip to the bandwagon buffoon up in the royal box … ‘The standard of… https://t.co/25ut9Raeqq
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@ALASTAIR CAMPBELL) 1625694209

Wow! Gary Neville on ITV "The standards of leaders in this country has been poor in the last two years and looking… https://t.co/gaO8B8LpDr
— Alan Stedman 🇪🇺🇬🇧#FBPE #FBPA💙💙💙🍃💚🍃 (@Alan Stedman 🇪🇺🇬🇧#FBPE #FBPA💙💙💙🍃💚🍃) 1625694535

"Respectful, humble, tells the truth, everything a leader should be" - Gary Neville on Gareth Southgate. (CC @BorisJohnson)
— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1625694120

I loved Gary Neville's comment tonight about how there hasn't been any real leadership in this country as of late a… https://t.co/9KQ4rLDK3P
— Daniela Nadj (@Daniela Nadj) 1625697290

Gary Neville telling it like it is: “the standard of leadership in this country the last couple of years has been… https://t.co/xiMMqDinPy
— Margot 🇪🇺 #FBPE #FBNHS (@Margot 🇪🇺 #FBPE #FBNHS) 1625696788

Gary Neville delivers 100% absolutely smashes it out of the park.. a quote that will live forever https://t.co/pYksKoWde3
— ARTIST TAXI DRIVER (@ARTIST TAXI DRIVER) 1625696264

Others bemoaned that he was making a unifying moment ‘political’:

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It’s not the first time Neville has combined football and politics. Recently, he contributed to the huge backlash Home Secretary Priti Patel received when she praised England for winning their quarter-final game against Ukraine, despite previously ripping into the team for taking the knee to show their support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement:

The cheek of you ! https://t.co/wLyHzw3tw9
— Gary Neville (@Gary Neville) 1625393326

Meanwhile, Johnson attended the game in Wembley and was ripped apart on social media for appearing to wear an England top over a shirt and tie, in scenes that trumped him perching on a table to watch another match, and standing on a massive England flag ahead of the quarter-final.

We just wonder how closely he would have been listening to Neville’s commentary.