On Gary Neville: "You have to admire my players for the way they have stuck together over this. It reflects the tremendous team spirit we have at the club. Gary (Neville) has been criticised for what he has done in the England camp in the last week. But he was only performing his role as the PFA representative. It's ludicrous to suggest that he is militant - or anything like that.
"Maybe the England players would have been criticised just as much if they had done nothing and merely left Rio hanging out to dry.
"I don't believe for one moment they would have withdrawn from the game.
"They recognised what they believed was an injustice and tried to do something about it."