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Gary Neville says he will never manage again after Valencia and England roles

Image: Gary Neville says he's a "million miles away" from a return to coaching

Gary Neville admits he is a "million miles away" from going back into management following his roles with Valencia and England.

The former Manchester United captain was dismissed by Valencia last year after four months in charge, while he left his position as England's assistant manager after their untimely exit to Iceland at Euro 2016.

And Neville, who will feature in Sky Sports' coverage of Liverpool's trip to Tottenham this afternoon - live on Sky Sports Premier League - says he has no regrets in taking the Valencia job, but has no intentions of returning to coaching in the near future.

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"It'll never happen," Neville told the Daily Mail. "I'm a million miles away. I suppose never is a strong word because in 10 years you might wake up and say: 'I want to coach.' I love football and the camaraderie but I don't want to be in that environment anymore.

"Up until 15 months ago I was coach of England and 19 months ago I was coach of Valencia, so it would be impossible to say at that stage that I'm never going to be a coach, but I had turned down two or three Premier League jobs, I turned down two Championship jobs and I wasn't going to go into coaching.

"I did it because it was my business partner and I thought that the opportunity for an Englishman to manage one of the top four or five clubs in Spain was never going to happen again.

"It was an unbelievable opportunity and it didn't go as well as I wanted it to, but I enjoyed every minute and it taught me a lot and things I will apply to my business life. I don't regret going to Spain."

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Neville is also occupied by numerous ventures with his 'Class of '92' team-mates.

Sir Alex Fegruson opens the new Peninsula Stadium, the home of Salford City.
Image: Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Sir Alex Fegruson with Neville at the opening of Salford City's new home, the new Peninsula Stadium

Along with Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and brother Phil, he is a co-owner of Salford City, while they have also set up University Academy 92, which will focus on providing students support while studying degrees in business and sport.

"I was moving my career to these projects," Neville added. "I'm stimulated every day to be the best I can be in business and it will either be a failure or success in the next 15 years but that's what I want to be."

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