GARY NEVILLE has insisted that only one Manchester United player would get into the Tottenham Hotspur team.
The Red Devils take on the Spurs in the Europa League final on May 21 as they look to end catastrophic seasons on a high.
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A spot in next season’s Champions League is at stake in the match as both teams try to salvage their campaigns from bottom-half finishes.
Man United reached the final by thashing Athletic Bilbao while Spurs eased past Bodo/Glimt.
The two sides currently sit 16th and 17th in the Premier League, having both lost on the weekend.
West Ham’s 2-0 win at Old Trafford saw Graham Potter’s side leapfrog the two and put them just above the bottom three.
Spurs have been able to win three times against Man United this season, twice in the Prem and once in the EFL Cup.
Neville is aware of this and admitted that he has a “sickly feeling” about the match in Bilbao.
The club legend has also insisted that only Fernandes would get into Ange Postecoglou‘s side when every player is fit.
Speaking on The Overlap Fan Debate, he said: “I have got a sickly feeling about this game next Wednesday.
“The biggest reason I have a sickly feeling about this game is when I look at every player in the team, [Dejan] Kulusevski, [Heung-min] Son, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke, James Maddison if he was fit, [Yves] Bissouma and [Pape] Sarr, [Cristian] Romero and [Micky] van de Ven and [Pedro] Porro and [Destiny] Udogie.
“When you look at those players like for like with United, only Bruno [Fernandes] would get into the first XI of Spurs.
“I would select every single Tottenham player.
“The goalkeeper is a 50-50 split because I’m not a big fan of Vicario and I am not a fan of Onana.
“But I would choose every single player of Tottenham’s over Manchester United’s next Wednesday. That is my worry.”
Fernandes, 30, has played a key role in helping Man United reach the final of the Europa League.
He has scored seven goals and assisted four more in his 13 appearances in the competition.
Only Bodo’s Kasper Hogh and Olympiacos’ Ayoub El Kaabi have managed as many goals as the Portuguese midfielder.
Meanwhile, Neville did make his prediction over which team would be victorious.
He added: “United do have a couple of players, the likes of Casemiro and Bruno, they have something in them that will step up for a one-off game.
“But if the players play like they should, Tottenham should win that game.”
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