sport news Players force bosses out because they're BORED, claims Phil Neville

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Phil Neville has claimed prima donna players are now getting bored of managers after 18 months and forcing them out of their jobs - and suggested that was behind Jose Mourinho's demise at Manchester United.

The England women's boss and Old Trafford legend claimed the style of managers like Sir Alex Ferguson was over because players can no longer simply be told what to do.

He also insisted his former club couldn't keep changing bosses and said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in prime position to get the job full-time.

Speaking to beIN Sports following a week-long winter break in Qatar with the Lionesses, he said: 'You can't manage now like Alex Ferguson did and maybe that was Jose's biggest problem. 

'Players nowadays are more powerful, they're earning more money, they've got lives away from football which they believe are probably bigger than football. Twenty years ago it was just football.

'There is more to management now and that was probably Jose's biggest problem…players today don't have the same ethos about how to prepare, live your life and behave as a professional footballer.'

Talking about player power, he added: 'It's not just at Manchester United, it's any club, players do 12-18 months, seem to get bored with managers and you hear stories of players going to chairmen and sporting directors. That would never have happened in my day.'