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Well, if this week is anything to go by, never.

The former Manchester United captain has made quite the habit of getting it horribly wrong when it comes to Liverpool in recent years.

Liverpool had been crowned European champions that summer, having finished just a point behind Manchester City in the Premier League - yet Neville chose a rather steep hill to die on.

"I can guarantee you as clear as day that Manchester United will win again," he said while predicting when his former side would next be in the race for the title.

Gary Neville predicted Manchester United would win the Premier League again before Liverpool in 2019 - a prediction that backfired less than a year later.

Even since that prediction came crashing down in spectacular fashion, Neville has not been one to shy away from making big claims when it comes to United and Liverpool, no matter how much they could blow up in his face.

"I've never been as confident coming here in nine years as a Manchester United fan,” Neville brashly exclaimed at Anfield in March 2023

You’d think that might encourage him to tone down his assertions, but no.

Just a few months later, off the back of United claiming a top-four finish ahead of the Reds, Neville began the new season by writing off Liverpool’s summer rebuild in midfield, insisting that Jurgen Klopp would happily swap his options with Erik ten Hag’s.

While Klopp’s business helped his side return to the top table of European football, Ten Hag’s extravagant shopping spree would see United finish eighth, with Kobbie Mainoo having to be dragged up from the academy to save an ailing engine room.

Surely then, Neville wouldn’t make the same mistake this season

That title came earlier in the summer when he decided that, against all reasonable thought, United would finish in the top four - ahead of Liverpool, who he rather sensationally suggested wouldn’t even reach the top six.

At the time of writing, Arne Slot’s side is six points clear at the top of the table after 23 games, while United is 27 points below them in 13th, having played a game more
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