West Ham United attacker Marko Arnautovic has taken a swipe at Gary Neville after the pundit’s recent criticism of the Austrian international.
Neville recently claimed that Arnautovic ‘thinks he is better than he is’, and questioned his work-rate in the aftermath of West Ham’s 3-2 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion last month.
The 28-year-old has now hit back at the former Manchester United defender, claiming that Neville should stick to his television work after failing during a short managerial spell at La Liga club Valencia.
Arnautovic told Laola 1:
“I respect what Gary Neville achieved as a player. He was brilliant at Manchester United and hats off to him. But what did he do as a coach at Valencia? His job is to criticise, that is 90 percent of his job.
“I am not saying Gary Neville is a nobody. He has accomplished a lot in his life, he is a legend. But as a coach? Let him stay on the TV.”
Arnautovic, who is rated at £13.5m by transfermarkt.co.uk, has failed to score in seven Premier League appearances this season, and has been linked with a move away from the Hammers in recent days.
Indeed, it is understood that new West Ham boss David Moyes has been given the green light to sell Arnautovic in order to fund a January spending spree.
