Gary Neville offered an acid response to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after criticism of his comments on the Super League.
The German has been outspoken in the past about his opposition to such a project, and reiterated that ahead of the game with Leeds United, but the Anfield club and 11 others have signed on.
Neville criticised both Liverpool and his old club Manchester United, stating that the Merseyside's club's anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone' rang hollow after the breakaway plans.
While not endorsing the Super League plan Klopp felt criticism of his side was unfair, personally naming Neville and saying he wished the pundit was "in a hotseat somewhere and not always where the most money is".
The Liverpool boss made clear he and his players had nothing to do with the breakaway, but there were fireworks when it went back to the studio.
A clearly angry Neville hit back: "Why? Why is it not fair?
"I've handed enough insults out over the years to Liverpool, yesterday was nothing to do with insulting Liverpool Football Club I don' t know why I'm living in his head to be honest with you.
"I don't know what spiked him, yesterday was an impassioned plea from me about football and protecting football in this country, my biggest disappointment was with Manchester United and Liverpool.
"I think I've equally distributed enough criticism to both clubs in the last 24 hours so I don't know what his problem is.
"He talks about a hot seat: I had a 25 year career at Manchester United, 11 year career at Sky. I worked hard for that, I haven't been handed it, I haven't gone where the most money is.
"I didn't have choices. Sir Alex Ferguson didn't say, 'Gary do you want to stay here every single year?'.
"So I have no idea what he's going on about. I employ 600 people in the city, I tried to look after them during a pandemic. Is that not a hot enough seat for him?
"He's done a great job at Liverpool, I've got no problem with Jurgen Klopp. I loved his team but the fact of the matter is he's spiky, he's been let down by his owners.
"His owners have thrown him under a bus. That man, to be fair we're on the same page.
"We're on the same team but the fact of the matter is he can't say what he wants to say. And I can.
"I accept that, because the Jurgen Klopp that I know, that we know, and the Liverpool fans know: he hates every single little thing about this. More than I do. More than you do.
"It goes against everything in his life that the believes in and he's been let down by his owners and so have those players at Liverpool."
