Everton manager, David Moyes, has waxed lyrical about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Neville-c29904, ahead of the midfielder’s 500th league appearance on Wednesday.
The English International, who is the brother of Manchester United great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Neville-c14447, will reach the landmark in front of the home fans against Wigan Athletic.
By doing so, he will enter the elite group of few to have reached the landmark. Before him, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 are other players to have featured in 500 or more Premier League games.
Neville has entered into the final year of his contract at Goodison Park. Although the manager, Moyes, is willing to offer the player a new deal, his physical fitness and old age are major impediments in his chances of carrying on for Everton.
Just recently, he suffered a knee injury which kept him out of action for almost 2 months. The defender himself has admitted at times that the ongoing season could be the last of his career, and revealed his desire of taking up the managerial http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in future.
Nonetheless, the Toffees chief went into raptures about the services which Neville has rendered for the cause of the Merseyside club.
The Scott confessed that he has spoken to the skipper about his future at Everton, and that a lot will depend on how his body responds to his recent injury.
“I've already spoken to Phil and he just wants to see how his body is,” he told the reporters in an interview.
“He's just back from a knee operation and he'd be the first one to say we should just see how his knee is. I don't think he sees any great panic in it at this moment in time.”
When asked to comment on the midfielder’s 500th appearance in the league, Moyes said: “It says a lot about what he's done but it doesn't surprise me because his mentality and his attitude to the game has been great since he came from Manchester
United.”
The 35-year old has capped 292 appearances for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 and has also got 5 goals under his belt.
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