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Gary Neville has issued a statement insisting he 'obviously condemns' violence against women - after being criticised for liking a tweet describing Mason Greenwood as an 'innocent man'.
Charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Manchester United forward Greenwood were dropped on Thursday, a year after he was arrested.
And United icon Neville was criticised online for liking a tweet from former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal declaring Greenwood's innocence - something he admitted was 'clumsy'.
The Sky Sports pundit later tweeted: 'I liked a tweet relating to the Mason Greenwood news this afternoon from Nazir Afzal. (the former director of public prosecutions).
'This like is being misinterpreted. It was a clumsy like as I obviously condemn any violence against women.'
Gary Neville has issued a statement saying he 'obviously' condemns violence against women after being criticised for liking tweets about Mason Greenwood's charges being dropped
Charges of attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against the Man United forward were dropped on Thursday
The tweets from Afzal read: 'Mason Greenwood has had all charges against him dropped by the Prosecutors. What's changed you may ask? It appears that (some) witnesses will no longer support a prosecution & new evidence came to light It happens He is an innocent
