Manchester United Treble winner Gary Neville says fans must be patient with new manager Erik ten Hag.
Departing Ajax coach Ten Hag was appointed United's new manager on Thursday morning and faces the unenviable task of rebuilding a club that has been in decline for almost a decade.
"Honestly, I wouldn't be putting too much pressure on Erik ten Hag in the first one or two years to win a trophy at the club," he told Sky Sports News.
"It would be great if he did but that would actually be over-achieving in my opinion.
"First, it should be getting back into the top four, re-establishing Manchester United in the Champions League, attract the players into the club that play the way he wants to play and then start to get a system of belief.
"It took Jurgen Klopp five years to win a Premier League title [at Liverpool], as great a job as he has done.
"At the end of last year, to be fair, I thought United were getting closer [to winning the title]. Yet it's all collapsed and fallen to pieces and I don't know why that has happened.
"Erik ten Hag gets to pick up the pieces. Initial phase: Build the foundations of what he wants to achieve.
"I think year three, four or five is when you start to look at him to win trophies."
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