Phil Neville returns to MLS with a point to prove, but a fanbase that doesn’t want him

The Timbers announced Neville as their new head coach this week, five months after he was sacked by Inter Miami

Phil Neville, somehow, is back in Major League Soccer. A lot of Portland Timbers fans wish he wasn’t – and they have been vocal in saying so. When the club published an announcement video of Neville stepping over the stands at Providence Park, it inadvertently symbolised how the concerns of supporters have been ignored to appoint the former England international. The video was deleted, but fans aren’t ready to accept Neville

Neville, as his detractors see it, was a failure in the only other MLS position he has held.

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