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Published 13:56 3 May 2019 BST
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"City spent big on Kyle Walker, Danilo and Benjamin Mendy. Maybe United would be better buying the correct full-back first time up for £40 million or £50 million and have them for seven years, because it's cost them that much in the end trying different full-backs."
Club captain Antonio Valencia is set to leave Old Trafford this summer and Ashley Young has been forced to deputise at right-back in recent months, with Neville defending him amid recent criticism.
Since Neville retired in 2011, United have struggled to replace him but the former England international believes that the Red Devils made a dreadful error in parting ways with the man he believed to be his natural successor.
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