Neville, who left his role as assistant manager of Valencia at the end of last season, said Manchester United are getting 'one of the best midfielders in the world.'

"I think you are getting someone who is not going to dominate a game on the ball like a Xabi Alonso or a Paul Scholes but is going to go from box to box," Neville told Sky Sports News HQ.

"His physicality is always something that has stood out. Even when he was younger at the academy at Man United, he was always bigger than everybody else, he was always quicker than everybody else, he was always more powerful.