Jamie Carragher takes ANOTHER savage dig at Gary Neville's management record

Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville's never-ending light-hearted jabs at each other continued on Monday night - with the former taking shots at the latter, who wasn't present to defend himself.

The former Liverpool and Manchester United adversaries have built up a strong rapport during many years working together at Sky Sports as football pundits.

And such is their now good-natured relationship, that their continued ribbing of each other is now taken in jest.

Sky Sports' Monday Night Football was the latest example of that when Carragher took aim at Neville's management record.

Neville has only had one foray into management - an ill-fated four-month spell at Valencia that saw him win 10 of his 28 matches in charge in all competitions, drawing seven and losing 11 during the 2015-16 season.

Neville has not returned to management since then, something Carragher highlighted when discussing the number of out-of-work managers who have appeared on Monday Night Football in the past have then gone on to got a job.

'We seem to get a few people on the show who come on and then get back into employment,' he said.

'If Gary [O'Neil] gets the job then good luck to him, Russell Martin came on and Will Still as well.

'There's actually only one person we haven't got back into management after coming on the show... Gary Neville.

'No one will still take a chance on him after that debacle!'

The Liverpool legend's teasing caused laughter among host Dave Jones and guest Jonny Evans - a former United team-mate of Neville's.

While there is no chance of Neville returning to management, Gary O'Neil's - who Carragher was speaking about - will have to wait a little longer as he appears unlikely to return to Wolves amid opposition from fans and uncertainty among some players.

Despite being sacked only 11 months ago, the 42-year-old held positive talks with Wolves hierarchy earlier on Monday about replacing Vitor Pereira. Pereira had succeeded O’Neil last December, only to be sacked following last Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Fulham.

But O’Neil is now thought no longer to be in the race for the job. The idea he might return caused significant unrest among an already disgruntled fan base, and Daily Mail Sport understands certain players had doubts about bringing back a manager who had struggled so badly during the early months of the 2024-25 campaign.

It is not known whether these factors have influenced the change of heart.

Wolves travel to Chelsea on Saturday and hope to have a new manager in place by then. Though the club would prefer not to have to pay compensation, they may have to accept this option to land a preferred candidate.

Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards is another name discussed and has links with Wolves, both as a player and a coach, though Wolves would have to pay to release him from his contract.