Twitter reacts to Gary Neville’s first Valencia press conference

Gary Neville's appointment as the new manager of Valencia came as a shock to many on Wednesday.

Little over 24 hours on from the news breaking, the former Manchester United man was giving his first press conference at the Spanish club. Here's how Twitter reacted.

Before it began, plenty were pondering if Neville would speak with an unfamiliar accent...

https://twitter.com/ciaran_cfc/status/672438175818768384 https://twitter.com/Gazsimmo/status/672433552991064064

Neville appeared looking relatively relaxed. But given that he had a bottle of beer in front of him, who can blame him?

https://twitter.com/FOULKES_SAM/status/672433356454404096 https://twitter.com/stevenecott/status/672436218542596096

With the press conference under way, Neville explained that it was the right time for him to take the step into management.

https://twitter.com/FourFourTweet/status/672438389245898753

And he was impressing some of the watching Valencia supporters...

https://twitter.com/AmuntJacob/status/672436106152042496

Others still seemed to be struggling to take on board the news.

https://twitter.com/japeydizzle/status/672435930670702592

Some cynically suggested that he might not want to imitate the kind of football on show at Old Trafford if he wants to get the fans on side.

https://twitter.com/GaffneyVLC/status/672438811738169344

Neville stressed how keen he was to learn the language but remarked on how difficult it had been to find a teacher willing to wake up early and teach him.

https://twitter.com/valenciacf_en/status/672436282073722880

You can guess what happened next...

https://twitter.com/TheRebelWriter/status/672439329038467076 https://twitter.com/connor32horrock/status/672439465663680513

While some were bust tweeting him offers to become his new language teacher, some were wondering if he'd still be keeping up to speed with his Twitter page...

https://twitter.com/JordanGriffin07/status/672439548455034880

When told that the Valencia fans are demanding, he offered a typically frank Neville response.

https://twitter.com/sidlowe/status/672443100015558656

In fact, there was plenty of praise for the way in which Neville coped with his first official outing as a manager.

https://twitter.com/kieranbeckles/status/672433565326528512 https://twitter.com/JeffersonLake/status/672440937050734592 https://twitter.com/AlvynDesPDT/status/672447940955406336

And although his press conference was well received by many, there was always going to be some negative comments.

https://twitter.com/cinammonakasaka/status/672434189082361857

Some were just worried about how long it was going on for.

https://twitter.com/Ceeya_Mav/status/672446707091832836