GARY NEVILLE keeps an iconic Liverpool banner on his wall that helps to keep him humble.
The Manchester United legend is approaching 50-years-old and is as busy as ever, combining his work as a pundit with his ownership of Salford and his management of his property empire.
Neville still has time for date nights with his wife on Thursdays in Manchester city centre, not far from where they live and close to his HQ.
The former defender owns six buildings in Manchester and his HQ is adorned with inspirational decorations.
One is a framed poster with a with a silhouette of Rocky Balboa at the top of those Philadelphia steps.
While another is more personal – Liverpool’s famous banner mocking Neville’s appearance, that was once displayed in the Kop.
Neville said of the banner: “There’s a Scouse lad who works on our podcast. Every time I played at Anfield they’d have a different banner for me.
“One year they compared me to Dot Cotton off Eastenders.
“We were talking about this one and the lad said he thought he knew who had it, so he went and got it. I like looking at it every day – it keeps me humble.”
Neville is a frequent face on Sky Sports and hosts the popular Stick to Football podcast, but he revealed 90 per cent of his life is spent in his Manchester HQ.
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His latest venture is a new 40-storey building in Manchester called St Michael’s, that will feature offices, apartments, a hotel and a rooftop restaurant.
Neville said: “St Michael’s is going to be 40 storeys. As I said, I love the thrill of it all. The interior design, the selling part of it, the finding land, the planning.
“I’d say 90 per cent of my life’s here. It’s not on television or with football. It’s literally in here, in meetings about all the businesses and the different things that we’re doing. It’s amazing.”
Neville’s latest venture is the 40-story St Michaels building in Manchester[/caption]
