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Tom Leach

Gary Neville reveals two problems he had when rooming with David Beckham at Manchester United

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has revealed the two problems he had rooming with teammate David Beckham.

The duo spent six months sharing hotel rooms during their time at Old Trafford before the club's stars were allowed to have their own private hotel rooms on Premier League and Champions League away days.

And Beckham and Neville clashed regularly over their schedules, as Neville revealed to Sky Sports: "I roomed with David Beckham for about six months and then the whole rooming with players completely stopped because everybody went into their own individual rooms.

"I think they worked out that players weren’t compatible with each other and that each went to bed at different times.

"I had two big problems with Becks, well, he had with me!

"I used to go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 5am, he would stay up until 11pm and want to wake up at 8am, so essentially he was keeping me up from 9 until 11 and then I was getting him up at 5 in the morning, so it just wasn’t working at all.

"But secondly, he is the cleanest person. He gets into his room, he lights candles, he puts pictures up – everything has to be absolutely perfect, it’s been the same since he was 18.

"I just throw everything everywhere, so it just did not work at all."

"I’m always talking, always arguing and he was the complete opposite of that," he said.

"He would listen to music, he would want peace, he would want to be chilled and it’s just the complete opposite end of the spectrum of where I was at."

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