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Phil Neville cried in his room after being snubbed for England’s 1998 World Cup squad while Paul Gascoigne unleashed his fury.
Wild scenes unfolded at England’s camp in La Manga, Spain, ahead of the tournament in France when England manager Glenn Hoddle told fan-favourite Gascoigne that he was not included in the final 22-man squad.
Gascoigne, who had given a poor account of himself in the warm-up friendly against Morocco and drank copious amounts of alcohol before the squad announcement, reacted by trashing Hoddle’s hotel room, where the manager was holding his individual meetings.
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At the timeManchester United youngster Phil Neville was another player given the devastating news. Neville, in contrast to the Geordie, went to cry in his room, which happened to be next door to Gascoigne’s.
Gary Neville, having awkwardly been selected for the squad himself, recalled hearing the commotion while consoling his brother on The Overlap: "I probably witnessed the worst ever cull which was the Glenn Hoddle one back in 1998.
"Glenn just made the simple error of putting five minute meetings in for 25 players, and if one player doesn't turn up on time or a meeting runs over, there's a queue building up in the corridor. It was awful, my brother [Phil] was left out, Nicky Butt was left out. At the time Gazza [Gascoigne] was the big one.
"Phil was absolutely devastated. He thought he was definitely going to go because he was the only player that could provide cover at both left and right wing-back. Glenn had changed his mind.
"You won't believe it,
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