Gary Neville reveals two clubs he'd like to have joined if he had left Man Utd.

• Gary Neville only wanted Manchester United next to his name.

• The former United defender played 602 games for the Old Trafford club under Sir Alex Ferguson.

The former England right-back Gary Neville was a one-club man who spent all of his career at Old Trafford. [Getty]

Gary Neville says there are two clubs he would have opted for if Sir Alex Ferguson had decided to move him on from Old Trafford.

The Sky Sports pundit spent his whole career at Manchester United after coming through the youth ranks and is fifth on the list of the club's all-time appearances.

The former United defender played 602 games for the Old Trafford club between 1992 and 2011 under Sir Alex Ferguson, winning a total of eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups and the UEFA Champions League. "I’m fortunate in the sense that, because I signed a five or six-year deal when I was 29, it ran out when I was 34, I’d made the decision that if Sir Alex came up to me at the end of that contract and said 'Gary, your time’s up', I was never going to go and play for another club," Neville told Sky Sports. "I made that decision that I only wanted Manchester United next to my name. "However, if he’d come to me at 28 and said, “Gary, your time’s up”, of course I would’ve gone and played for another Premier League club. I would have had to have done, because ultimately I’m a football player."

The United legend Neville said Arsenal would have been his first choice within England, and a move to Germany would have appealed to him if he had to play abroad. "If you said to me, in the perfect world, in my years of growing up in the Premier League, playing, which clubs would I say did I think had some real tradition, they’re a proper club?" he continued. "Arsenal would be number one. You used to go to Highbury, you could just feel the tradition of the place, and I just felt they always did things the right way.

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"The clubs in Europe I always admired were Juventus and Bayern Munich because we played them a lot in the late 90s, early 2000s and I just respected them as football clubs in terms of the teams that they had.

"Bayern Munich always felt meticulous in their preparation, so for me, Bayern Munich would be the club I would choose internationally."

Neville also revealed two other Premier League sides he likes.

"I also like Aston Villa, Newcastle are another club – in fact I’d play for anybody!" he continued. "If at 28 or 29 Sir Alex had said to go I would’ve said Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle, they are the three clubs I would’ve looked at."

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