Gary Neville blasts ‘middle-aged white men’ for dividing UK after Manchester attack

Gary Neville blasts ‘middle-aged white men’ for dividing UK after Manchester attack

Gary Neville said a “disruptive response” was needed as football continued its fight against racism (Mike Egerton/PA)

Gary Neville has attacked “angry, middle-aged white men” for dividing the United Kingdom in the wake of the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack.

The former Manchester United and England footballer posted a three-minute video in response to Thursday’s attack, in which Jihad al-Shamie attacked the Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall killing two people and injuring several others, to claim the British public is “being turned on each other” by people “using the Union flag in a negative fashion”.

Neville also revealed that he had “instantly” removed a flag that a contractor had erected at on