PHIL NEVILLE revealed brother Gary blanked him when he returned to Old Trafford with Everton in 2005.
The former Toffees star branded him an “idiot” for playing up to the cameras when they went head-to-head.
Phil played 386 games for the Red Devils before he joined Everton in the summer of 2005.
And he did not get a warm welcome from his brother when he returned to the Theatre of Dreams on December 11.
He told MUTV: “It was one of the early games, and I went down the tunnel, and you just think he’s going to say hello. And he didn’t.
“Giggsy said hello, Scholesy said hello. I think Wes [Brown] was there and said hello.
“And then there’s a camera right in front of where the captains are and I thought, ‘typical Gary, he’s playing to the cameras, playing for show’.”
But Phil – who will step down as England women’s boss next summer – claimed it was all an act for the cameras.
He added: “The minute we went past the camera, seriously, he went, ‘all right Phil, how’s going’.
“What an absolute idiot.
“For the cameras, for Sky Sports and his image, he thought, ‘I’m not saying hello to him’.
“I thought, ‘Nah, that’s not for me’.”
The match ended 1-1 after Ryan Giggs’ equaliser cancelled out James McFadden’s early opener.
Neville admitted the move to Merseyside tore his family apart before he decided to hang up his boots in 2013.
The 43-year-old said: “My twin sister was obviously in the Everton end, so it tore the whole family apart.
“It was just one of the games where if United won, I probably got criticism from the Everton fans for being a United fan.
“If Everton won, my family wouldn’t speak to me.
“It was just one of those awkward situations. I just wanted that game out of the way.”
The Neville brothers were involved in a hilarious Instagram spat this week that saw Gary, 45, call his younger sibling a “bell”.
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