Jose Mourinho takes thinly-veiled swipe at Gary Neville as he criticises pundits who were 'weak and frustrated' bosses

Neville and former teammate Paul Scholes have been fiercely critical of Mourinho's team and specifically his tactics this season

Mourinho has hit back at criticism of his team (Manchester United)

Jose Mourinho has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Gary Neville describing many "high-level pundits" as nothing more than "weak and frustrated" managers.

Neville and former teammate Paul Scholes have been fiercely critical of Mourinho's team and specifically his tactics this season with the FA Cup final this weekend their last remaining chance at silverware after rivals City ran away with the Premier League title.

Mourinho has voiced his disapproval over former United players in the past and while not mentioning any by name has doubled down suggesting many of the old guard would be happy for his current crop to fail to help preserve their own stellar legacy at the club.

"The truth is that we are in a new era. Some of the high-profile people in football have gone from players to weak and frustrated managers, and they return to football with the status of high-level pundits," he said in an interview with Portuguese newspaper Record.

“People remember more of what they were as players and not of what they were as managers. They are voices that influence public opinion.

“There are clubs where the old legend doesn’t want the glory of the new. The old legend who thinks he’ll only continue to be one if the club isn’t, without him, what it was with him.

“United have a huge history, with a lot of legends. Fortunately, we have a ‘Sir’ who is Sir [Alex Ferguson]. He’s ‘Sir’ in everything. In behaviour, in the passion for the club.”

Mourinho has also suggested that his high profile feud with Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is over.

The pair have enjoyed a fractured relationship for much of this season but ahead of their Wembley showdown the Portuguese says hostilities between the two have cooled.

Neville has been highly critical of Mourinho's tactics at times (Getty)

“It’s okay. It’s okay. He stretched out, I stretched. We got bored," he added.

“After the game here in Manchester, I invited him to come to my office. We talked. Nothing’s wrong.”