Gary Neville says that the uncertainty surrounding Manchester United's future has led to their mishandling of both Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford.
The pair both started Sunday's 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Old Trafford , with Rashford leaving the field in the second half through injury.
The forward's contract situation remains somewhat up in the air, while Herrera is widely expected to join Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in the summer.
And Neville feels that while the pair haven't let the club down, United haven't valued the players enough.
"I think the situation with him [Herrera] is that he’s not likely to disrespect the club, he’s been a brilliant professional here for the last few years," Neville told Sky Sports.
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"But all the speculation about him going to Paris Saint-Germain... Manchester United have allowed his contract to run down. If they wanted him, maybe they should have made the decision a little earlier.
"I think the other thing with Manchester United as well is that when you’ve got a change in manager every 18 months or two years, you might have one manager who fancies him, and another manager who says don’t renew the contract.
"And then a new manager comes in but it’s too late then and the player’s contract has run down.
"That’s why you need a club plan to take these sorts of decisions away from a manager. To enable the player to be protected and the value to be protected."
Neville added that Rashford is an example of player United should be building their future around, rather than allow uncertainty to fester.
"The one stands out a mile is Marcus Rashford – been here since eight or nine years of age and they are struggling to tie him down," said Neville.
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"It doesn’t send a great message to everyone.
"You can’t look towards the players who have come from international grounds and say why are they not signing when you can’t get young kids who have been at the club [for a long time] to sign.
"They are all looking elsewhere."
