Gary Neville has accused clubs in the Premier League of blackmail and believes things behind the scenes are getting dirty.
According to reports on Wednesday night, Premier League clubs could vote to send down the current bottom three over fears they will block 'Project Restart'.
Norwich City, Aston Villa and Bournemouth currently occupy the relegation places in the table, with Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion hovering just above.
All relegation-threatened clubs are believed to have put up a fight against the current proposals to play all the remaining 92 matches at neutral venues.
And Neville believes these scenes prove the Premier League is divided at this moment in time.
“Geoff, on the point of these, well you could call them negotiations between the clubs, all you could call them blackmail whichever way you want to look at it,” he told The Football Show on Sky Sports.
“There is no doubt you have got a divided Premier League at this moment in time, in respect of what the clubs want. And that isn’t healthy going into a situation.
“When you think about the message from day one in respect of this global pandemic, everyone is talking about a social approach, being together, being kind, football is not a kind place at this moment in time.
“It is full of self-interest. We have said before in the last few weeks this sort of ruling, and they are trying to somehow get to an agreed position.
“But it really is getting quite dirty behind the scenes it sounds like based on what you have said this morning.
“We will relegate you if you don’t want to play, what about health?
“I think it is unsavoury the way in which football is perceived at this moment in time by people outside of football.”
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