Ruud van Nistelrooy's 25 Questions with Gary Neville

foreign [Music] he's got 25 gold in your Golden Boot winning season at Manchester United so I'm actually 25 quick five questions simple one to start with favorite drink red wine oh yeah you can do it now huh yeah yeah that's nice food not bottles but uh nice little nice little glass there after a victory year glass of wine favorite goal you've ever scored United Fulham I know that girl it's something I mean I can still see that goal I didn't score many of them and it was my best goal ever but it was it wasn't my best goal the best manager you ever played under Sir Alex because I had him for a long time five years this is the the manager I played on the for the longest his legacy really yeah I was part of that for five years and looking back on it that five years the way he managed a team a player the club that for me is the best yeah favorite meal well my Spanish roots are a little bit uh not monkeying that the black pudding I I'm skipping I'm going for the let's go for a good paella yeah do you also think do I remember this right during a Friday the day before a match did you used to come up and have the chocolate muffin with the customer I love 200. I loved it I loved it that is the loads of that custard on it I love it and but there was also a white sponge cake yeah with the custard that was also very nice I always used to remember you coming up and like you're very professional you used to eat really well but all of a sudden I just see this mountain of sponge with this big bowl and then just what was the first hour of the day look like for you breakfast with the family bread coffee yeah and then the day starts yeah most played artist in your music library I would say Coldplay Coldplay yeah you've been to watch them live I've been I've watched them yeah I've watched them actually at the Bolton Wonder Stadium a long time ago I watched them that night yeah I was with Edwin I went there too was that I was there but I wasn't with someone else favorite holiday destination for me Spain I have a place in Marbella because in Malaga and lived there and kept there that's where you went for the little payoff at the end I went for the I went for the for the last bit [Laughter] favorite film do you watch films yeah I do I do yeah series and films oh series of film you can go for either I loved Casa de papel I love it as a series what's that money iced yeah is that yeah in the lockdown yeah it's good though that was that yeah lockdown Series champions league with Manchester United or Euros with Holland that's a hard one you know why they're upset Manchester United fans all my country be careful with that yeah I I have to go for my country You country yeah my country yeah yeah yeah good answer who was the best character that you ever played with in a changing room Joaquin right here no no I'm not quacking Problems then yeah it was also it could be joaquino you know the one who's invaded yes yeah yeah I was in Malaga with him yeah and he's he's also uh like like you a TV personality now as well and also famous for his jokes and and but he's a he's a real real character okay he's a funny guy as well Messi or Ronaldo yeah I always say Cristiano because you have a past with him yeah what is the top of your bucket list still to do in your life top of the bucket list is travel to Australia New Zealand one day if you could be a professional in any other sport what sport would it be tennis oh he played tennis now I played I've played paddle as well pedal and tennis and but I played as a kid I played also a lot of tennis and at 14 15 I was actually thinking am I going for tennis or football but but I I love I love tennis and who's your inspiration at times it was like it's not your favorite tennis player not doll Nadal yeah I thought you'd be more Federer your personal your calmness no you like the fire yeah the fire and it's more the the fighting yeah the digging into it it's not all for me yeah the biggest inspiration in your life growing up that's my granddad yeah big inspiration his character and his way of life the way he he lived his life yeah what would he say to you that sort of inspired you a hard work pays off that was his Mantra it's like okay the way he lived his life the way he grew up and it's like you got to be a good person and work hard yeah and the things will will fall in place for you yeah and of course it's a no many people say it but he really lived it as well yeah yeah the biggest regrets oh my goodness Gary can I uh can you skip this one and think about it a little bit we'll come back to biggest regret the best party you've ever been to obviously it's a hard question that one yeah I remember my wife's 40th it's actually six years ago yeah and she invited all friends from different places where we've been so okay friends from England from Spain from Germany that's probably one of my biggest regrets that I went from Madrid to Germany but anyway she invited also people from Germany and people from Malaga and we we had this unbelievable party with our Dutch friends and family as well mixed with all the people we've met along the way oh good it was a fantastic party and my worst decision in my career was to leave Madrid for Amber I shouldn't have left Madrid at the time did Madrid want to keep you yeah I was I was with Pellegrini at the time and they signed Benzema Ronaldo carcasso there was no no place for me and I I I understood I accepted I was 33. but I wanted to give it a go to go to World Cup 2010 and I went to to Hamburg and it was uh it was a quick too quick decision for me and also for my family it wasn't the right thing to do at the time so I I yeah I wouldn't have done that no if I should have done it again did you know straight away when you first got there or was it the case no I it was actually a great start I had a and two goals in my first uh appearance yeah but it was it's now leaving Madrid with the family and all the moves and that it wasn't the club but it was more on a personal level taking the family and young kids and take him out of Madrid and and it was it wasn't a good thing yeah did you have a pre-match ritual I must say as a player what was your pretty much ritual as a player forget we'll come on to managerial writer at United I was always in the treatment room I was changed quickly and I was just there and relaxing on the on the massage beds with the with the physios yeah reading the match program most of the players were in the in the lounge just waiting and then changing and I was already changing you used to change the series and then because it was quite confident it's like we didn't know that we were playing yeah so it happened sometimes where the girl first had called me in his office yeah and I was all I changed and he said you're not in the squad today and I put on The Suite again I do remember you getting changed we used to go for the pre-matched meal let's say 12 o'clock yeah and then we'd come down and the players would always keep their their uh yeah their suits on yeah and you wouldn't get chased until you knew you were playing but you used to get your kids I was like okay again I'm changed I'm playing today I need to I needed to get that I didn't know it we'd be that he's confident that's another Dutch confident guy again what's your biggest phobia claustrophobia maybe claustrophobia yeah spaces yeah yeah the most famous name in your phone book are you in it [Laughter] Sir Alex is it is famous probably yeah yeah surely okay the best Stadium you ever played at I have to pick bernabeo yeah I have to pick that one yeah for me is there some Stadium yeah it's that yeah it's the round high it's close close yes it's steep yeah it's the best one the highlight of your career for me it's La Liga in the Premier League titles titles yeah yeah if you could sign any player in the world right now who would it be and Bobby and Buffet yeah the way he plays and what he adds to to a team he can create chances by dribbling people and he can he go off the ball runs he can also be assisting players so he's very complete in that sense for me yeah yeah the most difficult Defender you ever played against oh I I always say when we played Milan away for the Champions League what was it the last 16 2000 three four five that was kafu Nesta Yap yeah and Maldives that was a back for with gattuso in front and okay that that was uh that was too much yeah that was too much but I would say when I played Yap in that game yeah I you know playing with him I know yeah for national team and United but actually playing against him that was he's a beast a beast quick also on the turn because that's where you want to beat these guys and and also that yeah the determination and the aggressiveness as well it's a lot and the final question last minute penalty yes Arsenal he's right in front of you it's a last minute penalty who do you want to take it for your life oh Wow have you ever seen Cristiano miss one not many not many yeah no I would say him I thought you might have gone for yourself no I think his record is is the best yeah I missed I missed a couple I just mentioned one of the most famous one talk to me about that toss me about Keo and that and what he did that day you were quite calm weren't you yeah I was just I wasn't I was calm because I missed but then the year I was upset yeah the year after was it was nice it was nice we got revenge it was it was a my heart was uh yeah it was was going but it was it was good that it went in yeah rude dead five questions thank you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 11min 43sec (703 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 23 2023