English Premier League: Gary Neville backs Rafael da Silva to succeed him
Gary Neville never comes out with any encouraging remarks about his teammates or anyone else for that matter; such is the scepticism that prevails in the ex-Manchester United right back’s personality. However, in his latest interview,
Neville has come out, praised Rafael da Silva, and touted the Brazilian right-back as his eventual successor for the Red Devils. Rafael has risen to prominence for United ever since he joined the club in summer of 2009. Nonetheless, the 20-year-old Silva has
had various injury issues alongside disciplinary problems for the former European champions.
Last season, Rafael da Silva’s suspension against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League led towards Manchester United’s knockout from the prestigious competition as they lost the second leg of their quarterfinal tie against
the German champions. Since then, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838. As a result, Sir Alex Ferguson has chosen him shrewdly. Regardless, Neville confirmed that
he sees Rafael as a solid defender who has the capability to achieve great heights with Manchester United.
Neville, himself, won numerous league titles with Manchester United. The Englishman was an integral part of United’s treble winning team in 1999. He was also in the Manchester United squad when the Red Devils marched onto European
Cup glory in 2008 after defeating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Neville-c14447 revealed that he has decided to retire from all forms of football as his career has been plagued by persistent knee injuries. Neville’s retirement news has opened up a
permanent spot for Rafael in the Manchester United first team squad.
Speaking about Rafael, Neville stated that Manchester United now have a first choice full-back in the former. He went onto elaborate that Rafael has the ability to be aggressive with his tackles and accurate with his passes when
he is in possession of the ball. Moreover, the former England defender explained that Rafael has developed into a first-class defender in the past six months due to his experience with Manchester United.
Recalling his experiences with United, Gary Neville implied that young defenders always needed time to mature. In http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858, Rafael is looked upon as an eventual replacement in the Brazilian national team for Cafu. The full-back certainly
has the ability to bomb forward in attack but his defensive credentials are still uncertain. However, as the Red Devils continue their push for the English Premier League title, Rafael is destined to play an important role in both domestic and European competitions.
Manchester United will play their next league encounter on the weekend against their city rivals, Manchester City. United possess just a four-point lead at the top of the English Premier League table but a loss against City will
decrease that lead to just a single point, if results elsewhere do not go in favour of the English giants. United lost their last league encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but the Manchester derby provides them with a perfect opportunity to get back
to winning ways.
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