Manchester United legend Edwin van der Sar believes his old club and Manchester City will dominate domestic football over the coming years.

The former United No.1, now chief executive at Ajax, still keeps a close check on English football.

Van der Sar said: “City and United have both taken the lead in the Premier League, they are dominating.

“Because of my past, I am always looking at what is going on in football in Manchester and, obviously, I have more to do with the Reds than the Blues.

“But I recently saw what Pep's team is capable of at European level, when he played in the Netherlands.

“They have both made enormous investments again and that makes the difference.

“With one club, the investments are being done on a commercial basis, the other club have had a bit of help in different ways."