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COVER STORY


WHAT SPORT TAUGHT ME ABOUT RUNNING MY OWN BUSINESS


Former international footballer turned TV pundit Gary Neville reveals his business secrets. Daniel Evans listens in


T


o be honest, I’m surprised Gary Neville has the time to blink, let alone sit down for the best


part of an hour and explain his business philosophy to a bunch of people who run their own companies. Just hearing him list his upcoming matches – “I’m doing Arsenal v Man City on Thursday night, City v Chelsea on Sunday and Man United (at Crystal Palace) on Monday night” – sounded like a round-Britain challenge in itself. Nevertheless, here we are in a


former printworks in south east London to find out how – and why – he moved from the playing field into the boardroom. “I was a football player who wasn’t particularly great academically but I recognised I had a lot of free time on my hands,” he said. “I was 22 or 23 and realised I needed to be dual skilled. I needed to learn something else.” After seeing a close friend’s career


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