Manchester United legend Gary Neville regrets going into coaching.

Neville was an assistant for England boss Roy Hodgson and also had a poor spell in charge of Valencia.

He told the Blank Podcast, “I'd turned down jobs in the Premier League and Championship and said to myself I wasn't going to be a manager," he said.

“When I finished my playing career I said I'd follow three paths; broadcast, the businesses I'm involved with and coaching.

“Actually I should never really have pursued the coaching and you have to really immerse yourself in that every second of every day. But I thought I'll get my badges as I love football.

“Then Roy [Hodgson] rang me up and said would you be part of my coaching staff [for England] and because it enabled me to continue my broadcasting and my business career I thought 'actually this fits'. It was a part-time role with England.

“I had a four-year plan and four-year contracts with England and Sky. I was six months away from the end of that plan when my business partner who owns Valencia Football Club, who were having a really bad season, said, 'can you just take it for me until the end of the season'.

“It's the only thing I've never planned... and I said yes. I kick myself to this day, not for saying yes, but for the mistakes that I made. They were stupid mistakes.

“Not taking over an experienced staff with me that spoke English and Spanish was a bad mistake, it was naive."