Gary Neville is one of eight people to have launched a manifesto calling for substantial reforms to English football.
Former Manchester United star Neville, along with the likes of former FA chairman David Bernstein and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, have released a 'Saving the Beautiful Game' manifesto that calls on the government to install an independent regulator or commissioner of football.
The manifesto includes reforms of the FA, with the group arguing that the governing body "lacks credibility and has proved to be largely ineffective."
Explaining the plans to Sky Sports, Neville said that he no longer trusts that football can reform itself following the coronavirus pandemic.
Neville said: "The principle is that we don't trust that football can govern itself and create the fairest deal for all.
"Whether that's the Premier League, EFL clubs, non-league clubs or fans, various different stakeholders.
"I think it's been proven over this last six months that football has struggled to bring everyone together.
"At the beginning of the pandemic, on Sky I was screaming for the Premier League to take a lead and stand up.
"David called me at a moment where I just thought, this is it, I've been part of football for 20-odd years as a player, a coach, an owner and part of the PFA.
"I've worked under the FA with England as a coach so I've seen how they operate.
"It's just proven to be incapable over a 25-, 30-year period of transforming the money that's in the game into something that works for everybody."
The former right-back added: "I want the best Premier League in the world but I want sustainable football clubs, I don't want to see my hometown club Bury go out of business.
"That wasn't just because of the lack of money that's being pushed down through the system, it was through poor management, but it's an example and case of cost controls not being managed and the distribution of wealth not being fair.
"I just said I'm in, I know we've got a big task in front of us, we've got a group of people who love football and want the best for it.
"I just thought it was the right time."
