Manchester United coach Phil Neville admits this season has left him feeling "empty".

Neville could not hide his pain as he spoke about the traumas of a season that reduced England's most successful club to an object of fun.

"It's been a real difficult season," said Neville. "A club that should be challenging for league titles to finish seventh is obviously not good enough. And to see a man who, for the last eight years, has put so much confidence in me - to see him lose his job was probably one of the toughest days I've had in football.

"Walking around the pitch after the Hull game was probably the emptiest I've ever felt on a football field. I took the job expecting to be walking around the last home game of the season either challenging for a league title or parading a league title. That's what this club demands and we've got to make sure next season we are doing that."