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WATCH: Gary Neville lifts lid on Jan Siewert-Martin from Wakefield mix-up!

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Gary Neville lifts the lid on some Huddersfield mischief!

Was the Jan Siewert-Martin from Wakefield mix-up actually down to Gary Neville? We finally got our Sky Sports man to reveal all!

Martin Warhurst was sitting in John Smith's Stadium's directors' box watching Manchester City take on Huddersfield last month when intrepid Sky Sports reporter Patrick Davison approached him and asked whether he was becoming the Terriers' new boss.

Davison believed him to be Borussia Dortmund reserve team coach Jan Siewert, who was indeed confirmed as the new manager days later, but Neville, who was co-commentating at the game, has revealed he spotted the likeness to Siewert and then pushed for the footage to be shown.

Probed by Geoff Shreeves as part of Sky Sports' pre-match social media coverage on Super Sunday, Neville lifted the lid on his role in the amusing case of mistaken identity that quickly became a viral hit!

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