Gary Neville has slammed the Glazers for making bad decisions at Manchester United, but he believes Sir Jim Ratcliffe needs to be afforded patience as a co-owner of the club.

Although Ratcliffe's acquisition of a minority stake at Old Trafford was welcomed by fans, the British billionaire has increased ticket prices and his popularity has plummeted.

Ratcliffe was approached by angry supporters after United won against Fulham at Craven Cottage last month and a fan said: "66 quid, you're taking the p***. You're worse than the Glazers."

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The ticket debacle - United made the mid-season decision to raise matchday ticket prices to £66 per game in the Premier League - has damaged Ratcliffe's reputation, while Ineos also botched the decision to keep Erik ten Hag, and made a U-turn on the appointment of Dan Ashworth as sporting director.

Neville, who was appointed on the Old Trafford task force, has remained silent throughout the ticket dispute, despite United fans voicing their concerns and protesting against the hike.

However, Neville has now provided his thoughts on the situation to the Daily Mail, criticising the Glazers but adding that patience would be needed with Ratcliffe.

He explained: "When I think about it from a business perspective, what happened post Sir Alex and [former chief executive] David Gill was horrific. One hundred per cent it falls upon the owners in the Glazer family.

"The last 10 years - to run a football club without a football department is just absolutely bizarre. How that could not be seen either by the Glazer family or by the executive that was in place is madness.

"When I left 500-600 people were working at United. That went to 1,200. How has that happened? When they [Ineos] came in, my preference would have been for a complete takeover and for the Glazer family to leave, and it still would be because ultimately they've run their course.

"But at least there's been disruption. You've got to give Ineos three or four years to try and work out what the hell's going on. Six months in, they've found it bloody hard.

"It's an oil tanker. Until you're in there, you can't understand the scale of United and the enormity of everything. From keeping Erik ten Hag to the decision to bring in [former sporting director] Dan Ashworth and then for him to leave, they're obviously finding it bloody tough.

"There's no doubt that there's been turbulence and wrong decisions made. The club needs a shake. There are a lot of things that need changing. To be fair, there’s a new CEO, new sporting director, new technical director, new CFO. You've got complete and utter transformation in six months."

Some United fans have been disappointed at Neville for not speaking out against the rise in ticket prices.

United previously said the hike would only affect a small number of fans as 97 per cent of tickets had already been sold but the remainder and resold tickets will be subject to the increase.

The reality is that some supporters have been forced to walk away from attending games. One fan told the Manchester Evening News the changes were "gutting" and another slammed it as a "disgusting policy", questioning how it has been deemed fair to charge children £66 to watch a game.