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title: "Manchester United: Supporters plea for Gary Neville over Trent Alexander-Arnold in Sky Sports team combination"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-supporters-plea-for-gary-neville-over-trent-alexander-arnold-in-sky-sports-team-combination/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-02-12T22:00:49Z"
modified: "2020-02-12T22:00:49Z"
---

# Manchester United: Supporters plea for Gary Neville over Trent Alexander-Arnold in Sky Sports team combination

**Responding to a combined Manchester United 1999 treble-winning side with Liverpool’s current league leaders by[Sky Sports via Twitter](https://twitter.com/markgoldbridge/status/1227245705552592900), some Red Devils supporters have argued that legend Gary Neville deserves a spot in the team over Trent Alexander-Arnold as well as David Beckham over Mohamed Salah – with fans having their say over the debate on social media.**

Neville, who played 401 league games for United over a career spanning 17 years in total ([Soccerbase](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5826)), won numerous honours at Old Trafford, gaining legendary status in the process. During his time as a United player, the Englishman won 12 league titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups and two Champions League medals ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gary-neville/profil/spieler/3403)), with this perhaps being the reason why many supporters are arguing that he should be named in the United-Liverpool combined XI.

By comparison, star defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has played a key role from right-back over the last two seasons for Liverpool, reaching two European Cup finals ([winning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIlwMVkeJ5E) one of them) and playing every game of the Reds’ dominant Premier League campaign this year ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/318871/Show/Trent-Alexander-Arnold)). However, despite Alexander-Arnold’s seemingly incredible rise, some United supporters still think he hasn’t done enough to usurp Neville’s place in a combined XI of perhaps two of the best teams produced by either club.

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As well as these two defenders, some Manchester United fans also think that Beckham should be in over Salah. Find their reasoning from Twitter down below.

> G Nev miles better than trent
>
> — (@UTDBenz) [February 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/UTDBenz/status/1227245919608897536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Becks and Neville robbed
>
> — (@UTDTxmmy) [February 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/UTDTxmmy/status/1227263885109006336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Nah, Beckham was sending in crosses on the right, and Neville is better than Trent defensively.
>
> — StrettyNews.com (@StrettyNews) [February 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/StrettyNews/status/1227553852402098176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Alexander Arnold over Neville,don’t make me laugh
>
> — Brendan Dunne (@bennydunne69) [February 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/bennydunne69/status/1227271149001814016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Mo salah for Beckham, this entire Liverpool lot is not fit to tie laces of 99 team, what a freaking joke
>
> — ManUTD-Devil-1994 (@1994\_manutd) [February 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/1994_manutd/status/1227239687758073858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> How is Salah in this over David Beckham.
>
> THE DISRESPECT!!! [pic.twitter.com/ZNaZcr16E4](https://t.co/ZNaZcr16E4)
>
> — Brunooooo (@RGT\_1999) [February 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/RGT_1999/status/1227249448113168387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***What would your combined XI look like? Join the discussion by commenting below…***