Neville opens up on the ruthlessness of media during his stint at Valencia

Gary Neville has opened up on the ruthlessness of the Spanish media during his time in charge of Valencia.

Neville lasted less than four months in charge at the LaLiga side after accepting an offer to coach the team from owner and close friend Peter Lim, with the Sky Sports pundit winning just three of his 16 league games in charge.

His disastrous tenure saw his side beaten 7-0 by Barcelona as he lost 11 of his 28 games in total before being a 2-0 home defeat by Celta Vigo proved to be his final match in charge.

The 49-year-old has drawn comparisons between the Spanish media and the English press, pointing to the former's tactical nuance during press conferences.

Neville said: 'The press conferences were relentless. Every single game the questions were detailed. The questions were a lot more tactical, a lot more pointed, a lot more specific around why you did this and why you didn't do that in a game.

'And if you didn't give them the right answer you'd get a follow up which would chase it down the round with you. You felt as though you were being questioned in terms of you understanding of the game and your tactical knowledge.

'The questions that coaches are asked over in Spain are a lot more technical, precise and they hit you exactly where you don't want it.'

Neville also claimed that he was targeted by the Spanish media as he was 'the stranger in town' and the fact that he was a young manager at the time.

He added: 'The next question would be, you (Geoff Shreeves) probably asked Pep Guardiola: "what was thinking behind the substitution of Kyle Walker for Laporte", you ask him the question. And he would give you an ubeat bland answer.

'However in Spain it would be completely different. It would be "that was a ridiculous