MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville has been lined up for a role on BBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den.
Neville, 48, has become one of Sky Sports’ top football pundits since he retired in 2011 as an eight-time Premier League winner.
And despite not making it in management, the former England international has moved into commentary.
Off the field, Neville has also become a successful businessman, with a chain of hotels and townhouses.
He owns the Hotel Football overlooking Old Trafford, an apartment block in Manchester with Ryan Giggs and League Two side Salford City.
His £750-a-night Stock Exchange Hotel – also shared with Giggs – boasts of a luxury penthouse, roof terrace and kitchen run by Tom Kerridge.
So it leaves him well positioned to judge wannabe entrepreneurs on BBC’s popular business programme.
Neville said: “I am excited to join the Dragons, and to meet the entrepreneurs brave enough to face us in the Den.
“I hope my personal journey shows that you can take the experiences you’ve had in one part of your career and use them to do something entirely different and make it a success.
“Business is all about managing people and managing yourself and I’m looking forward to sharing my experience to help the entrepreneurs we’ll meet in the Den reach their potential.”
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Dragons’ Den gives business hopefuls the chance to pitch their product to the multi-millionaire panel, who have the choice to invest.
The show’s most successful contestants have gone on to achieve net worths of £30-£70MILLION.
Neville will join London-born and US-based fashion mogul Emma Grede as guests on the panel.
They will sit alongside Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman, Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett for series 21.
The show returns on BBC One and iPlayer in 2024 with filming currently taking place in Manchester, where Neville made his name.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
