Gary Neville admits Sir Alex Ferguson asked his Manchester United squad about signing Louis Saha from Fulham.

Saha joined United in 2004 having scored a goal every other game during four seasons for the Cottagers.

"Sir Alex never asked us which players we should sign or never asked us information about players he was going to sign," his former team-mate Neville told Sky Sports.

"But after we played Fulham one time in the FA Cup (in 2001), he actually asked us as defenders, would we sign Louis Saha?

"We all said 'yes' straight away.

"I remember the season where he was playing up front with Wazza (Wayne Rooney) in 2006 and it was unbelievable; they were fantastic together.

"Louis was a brilliant, brilliant player. He gave me absolute nightmares when I used to play against him when he played for Fulham - him and Luis Boa Morte."