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Rio Ferdinand has sent a clear message to Manchester United's owners the Glazers over building a new stadium, but disagreed with former teammate Gary Neville in the process.

The United owners are being pressured to invest more into the club's facilities and infrastructure, in particular in their Old Trafford stadium, which Neville previously claimed had been left to "tire" and look "old".

It is Neville who has led the calls for the Glazers to put their hands in their pockets, and he laid out a five-point plan this week for the American businessmen, which included demolishing the stadium and building a new one from scratch.

After listing paying off the clubs debt and making shares available to fans, Neville continued: "They can then rebuild that stadium with £1billion, and it does probably need knocking down to be fair. It doesn’t need renovating, it needs a new stadium.

"That money can be funded from a 20-year contract by getting a sponsor in at £60-70million a year, call it ‘Something’ Old Trafford, but we have a brand new stadium, and again it resets the culture of Manchester United having the best stadium in the world. That needs to happen." Neville also suggested building a new training ground and putting further funds into a "sporting project" in his plan, or urged the Glazers to sell up.

However, fellow United