Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has blasted PSG star Angel Di Maria after his wife launched a scathing verbal assault on Manchester.

Di Maria endured a torrid time in the city after joining United from Real Madrid for £59.7million in 2014.

Neville told Sky Sports: "We hear these stories from time to time, where a player's played like a drain, like Di Maria did at Manchester United, he was awful.

"And I had great expectations and sort of excitement when he came to the club thinking we'd signed a top player. But he was never interested from day one.

"And what I would say is, maybe what he needs to do is look across the road at Sergio Aguero, his Argentinian compatriot, or Pablo Zabaleta, who've done alright in Manchester over the years and don't seem to be in a rush to leave."

After leaving United, Di Maria has since won four league titles, three French Cups and three League Cups with PSG.

Neville, however, did manage to mention the home invasion Di Maria's family suffered while in Manchester.

He added: "I will defend my city to the hilt. I think she had a bad experience and she did have an unfortunate experience obviously where there was a robbery which really would hamper your view mentally.

"So I think that probably clouds her view in terms of the city, 'cause I think there's some decent folk around here."