Gary Neville has hit out at Angus Kinnear after his programme notes were published in Leeds’ pre-match programme and on the club’s website.
As we all saw during the European Super League debacle. Neville is a big fan of the idea of an independent regulator within football that will protect the state of the game and stop the greed of the wealthiest clubs from destroying the sport at the lower levels.
However, Angus Kinnear seemingly isn’t on board with some elements of the recent fan-led review, comparing the idea of redistributing wealth from Premier League transfer fees to the lower levels to Chairman Mao’s regime in China.
Regardless of your political views, it’s fair to say that Mao’s regime in China isn’t quite comparable to giving League Two football teams a few extra quid in order to make sure these pillars of the community don’t go bust a la Bury.
Neville certainly doesn’t agree with Kinnear, and he’s taken to social media to make his voice heard.
Neville is clearly passionate about this matter, and to be frank, he has every right to be.
Neville grew up in Bury, his family were involved with that football club for years, and he’s seen what can happen to an establishment if they’re left in the hands of one bad owner.
Bury went bust, leaving thousands of locals without a team to support, while Leeds were busy spending £100m after their promotion to the Premier League. Is that really landscape we want to have within this sport?
Look, we can understand why Kinnear isn’t a big fan of redistributing wealth. His job is to ensure that Leeds United are in the strongest financial position possible, but, as Neville says, surely, Leeds fans know better than anyone just how important this is.
Leeds are one of the biggest clubs in England, but a decade ago they were in administration and on the brink of oblivion.
We’re not surprised to see that some of the Premier League fat cats are against the idea of giving the smaller clubs a helping hand, but we didn’t expect it to be Leeds United and Angus Kinnear who would speak out about it.
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