David Beckham Believes Phil Neville Was Always Going To Beat Brother Gary To Become Manager Material

SPORTS: DAVID BECKHAM reckons Phil Neville was always going to beat brother Gary in the race to become real managerial material.

Becks was in New Jersey on Sunday to watch old pal Phil take charge of his second England game in the SheBelieves Cup.

Getty David Beckham says he knew Phil Neville would be better than brother Gary as a manager

The former England skipper saw Ellen White’s double cancel out two sloppy goals handed to the Germans in an otherwise impressive performance from Nev’s Lionesses.

Many people didn’t give Neville a chance after he was the shock appointment to replace Mark Sampson.

But Becks never had any doubt – and that was reinforced at the end of an eventful 2-2 draw against the team ranked No2 in the world.

He said: ”To be honest out of Phil and Gary, I always expected Phil to go into coaching.

“Both of them were very intelligent in every way, on and off the field but I am not surprised to see Phil in the role and I think he is enjoying it.

“It is good for the girls to have some who is so experienced and who has won everything in the game.

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“The team is in good hands with him. His experience will give them a lot of opportunity to push on.

“Having someone with his experience, who has played for the clubs he has played in; playing with the players he has played with and obviously working under the manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, and all the experience he got from those years there. It is great for the girls.