The long-serving defender had been linked with freshly-relegated Middlesbrough in a player-coach capacity, but Neville has shrugged off such tabloid conjecture and is looking to the future with United
"I played a good number of games last season and I hope that continues next season," he told The People, "because playing for this club is as special to me now as it was when I first pulled on the shirt as a schoolboy."
Neville concedes that the position of full-back has evolved in recent seasons, with greater emphasis on attacking support, but he is more than confident that he can continue to adapt alongside his younger peers.
"Full-backs have an important role, particularly at United, in terms of the way we attack and the way in which there's a transition from defence through our full-backs to attack," he said.
"The way you see guys like Patrice Evra and Rafael Da Silva attacking, they are more like wingers who can defend - they aren't just full-backs any more.
"The way in which the modern full-back like Rafael, Fabio and Patrice play is fantastic to watch. I don't do that in the same eye-catching way as they do, but you understand the changes and development in the game and the way I've had to adapt."
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