Phil Neville acknowledges 2011 sexist tweets as “wrong” after protests against Portland Timbers appointment (Video)

Portland Timbers have appointed Phil Neville as their new manager, but the club has been asked by a group of supporters to reconsider the appointment due to Neville’s controversial tweets which degraded women from over a decade ago.

🗣️ “The tweets that I put out were wrong in 2011, and they’re wrong today.”

Phil Neville addresses sexist tweets from 2011, after a Portland Timbers supporters group asked the club to reconsider his appointment. pic.twitter.com/hmH78QRFYs

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