Marc Cucurella has sarcastically thanked former England right-back Gary Neville for his support after Spain won the European Championship.
La Roja overcame England 2-1 in Sunday s final in Berlin to win their fourth European Championship title, with Mikel Oyarzabal coming off the bench to score a late winner.
Oyarzabal was assisted by Chelsea defender Cucurella, who had an excellent tournament and was comfortably the best left-back at Euro 2024.
Before Spain s tournament kicked off, Manchester United legend Neville pretty much wrote off Spain when discussing their credentials in Germany, singling out Cucurella as a weak link.
He s aggressive, he s tenacious, he s a busy little full back, he said. The price tag still astounds everyone to this day.
The Spanish defence, it s got a lot of experience now but there s something just missing from Spain that makes you feel like they re going to go all the way. I have to say that him being at left back is a good example of why we think that.
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Neville has been made to eat his words after Spain lifted the trophy with Cucurella barely putting a foot wrong, and the £62million Chelsea defender has let him know about it.
Posting on social media, Cucurella captioned a graphic of Neville s above quote, writing: We went all the way Gary. Thanks for your support.
Meanwhile, Neville has shared his thoughts on Harry Kane s performance in the final of Euro 2024.
England captain Kane was substituted in the 61st minute after failing to make an impact against Spain, picking up a yellow card in the first half and failing to register a shot on target.
Kane, who doesn t look right physically might be the very best striker in English football history but his performances in Germany have been staggering to Neville.
He said: Why have we all of a sudden decided we have to tell Harry Kane how to play centre-forward?
This tournament has been staggering to me, because he s been dropping in for five or six years at Spurs doing exactly the same things that he s been doing this tournament.
He doesn t look right physically, that s what I would say, but I think he knows how to play the game. He s the very best striker we ve ever had.
Former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane added: I think when he s been dropping deep, not in position sense, he has looked a little bit sluggish.
He just needs to be a bit sharper with his distribution. I think his positional sense [has been fine] it s just his sharpness isn t quite there.
Neville continued: I think in the next couple of weeks, or maybe even quicker that, it will emerge that he s been patching himself up to get out there on the pitch. That s ordinarily what happens.
He doesn t look right and it s something to do with his physicality, it s nothing to do with his understanding of the game.
After the result on Sunday, England manager Gareth Southgate admitted that Kane has found it physically tough at Euro 2024.
