Man Utd fans and Neville rage at Carragher’s ‘disgusting’ combined XI of 1999 treble winners and 2022/23 Man City team

JAMIE CARRAGHER drew the ire of Manchester United fans for his latest combined starting XI.

The former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports pundit revealed his combined eleven of the Red Devils' legendary treble-winning team and defending champions Manchester City on Monday night.

Carragher had a back four of Kyle Walker, Jaap Stam Ruben Dias and Denis Irwin protecting Peter Schmeichel in goal.

He had a four-man midfield compromised of two players from each side - with David Beckham and Roy Keane representing the United contingent and Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish - controversially ahead of Ryan Giggs - in for City.

He then had City's star midfielder Kevin de Bruyne playing in part of a two-man attack.

Unsurprisingly, however, he had City's and the Premier League's star man of the season Erling Haaland up front with the Belgian.

On picking Grealish over Giggs, Carragher explained: I just think Grealish has got better stats.

"Grealish has got five goals and seven assists, Giggs had three goals and one assist that season, in the league.

"Of course Ryan Giggs is a better player over the course of his career, I get that, but over the season I’ve gone for him."

Neville let out an audible groan.

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And it wasn't long before Carragher's combined XI started doing the rounds on social media - where it caused quite a stir.

One footie fan tweeted: "Jamie either hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about or is just extremely biased."

Another said: "My god this is an insult!"

And another said: "I wanna have whatever Jamie is having."

One remarked: "Wow. Is this the biggest 'I have no clue' yet from Carragher?

Another chimed in: "Christ the night."

Carragher's combined XI also riled up fellow pundit and Manchester United legend Gary Neville, who lamented the absences of former team-mates Paul Scholes and Giggs.

He said: "I love Jack Grealish, I love Gundogan.

"But I'm not entertaining the conversation about Ryan Giggs over Jack Grealish or Paul Scholes and Gundogan.

"I'm not entertaining the conversation."

Neville also claimed Carragher's side was "disrespectful" to prolific United duo Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke.

He said: "I felt it was disrespectful to Yorkie and Coley.

"Yorkie's record that season, I think he had something like 20 assists and got 29 goals.

"It was unbelievable, amazing record.

"Yorkie, to be fair, has more assists and goals than De Bruyne all season.

"Obviously Haaland has more goals than Cole, but I felt those were being harsh.

Neville's combined XI included the same back four chosen by Carragher to protect Schmeichel - although he went for an all-United midfield.

His all-Red Devils midfield was comprised of Beckham, Keane, Scholes and Giggs.

Neville was in agreement with Carragher when it came to his strikers - choosing both De Bruyne and Haaland.

However, his initial combined XI didn't include a single City player.