Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville agree on biggest Manchester United takeover issue

Manchester United's takeover situation has become the drawn out affair which many feared would happen.

In some ways, it is not surprising to see the saga take time to ratify. As The 1958 suggested in a recent interview, the Newcastle takeover took many months to complete despite Mike Ashley openly looking to sell.

While he is just one man, a potential bidder for United is needing to negotiate with the entire Glazer family, each with their own personal idea of what they want from the sale. It is understood some are happy to sell-up entirely, though others are wanting to remain at the club.

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However, one thing which they are seemingly in agreement about is keeping their cards close to their chests. In New Jersey during the US pre-season tour, Avram Glazer failed to respond to questions from reporters about the takeover latest.

And former United players Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville are in agreement on the wall of silence being the biggest issue. The latter addressed the lack of clarity in June in an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live: "Embarrassing… But it’s what they have done, drag everything out, it's always in their best interests and not in the interests of the football club.

"The idea of Manchester United Football Club with its millions of fans around the world not being updated by owners on the ownership sale is quite frankly not good enough, but fitting with how they have operated for 20 years now."

Ferdinand added to this sentiment this week when he pleaded with the board for further clarity. He told talkSPORT: "The uncertainty