Bury-born England international footballer Gary Neville has revealed the footballer he believes Prime Minister Keir Starmer is most like.

Neville, a Labour Party member, was talking at the party's conference in Liverpool this week when he made the comparison.

The former Manchester United full-back was asked by The News Agents if he could compare the Labour leader to any England footballers past or present.

Neville said: "I'm trying to think of someone who's consistent and reliable and who has performed on a good level, who deserves the opportunity to be given the chance.

"And who is honest and decent."

Neville then quickly rebutted any comparisons between him and the Labour Party leader.

"No, he's better than me," Neville said.

The 49-year-old finally decided on his choice and went with former England and Arsenal centre back, Tony Adams.

"He's an Arsenal player and Keir would like that," he added.

Sir Keir has recently come under fire for accepting private box tickets at no cost while watching his beloved Arsenal.

Neville waded in on that debate, defending the PM and drawing comparisons to concerns raised under the Conservatives government when it was in power before the general election in July.

He said: "When I think of the billions of pounds of contracts without much scrutiny.

"When I think of the amount of scrutiny this is getting, it's certainly a very different approach."

The football pundit also pointed out the government helicopter contract, thought to be worth £40m, that former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had under his leadership. 

Comparing Sir Keir's situation, he added: "A man who has watched, with his family, his football team every week, that he can't now go and watch his football team.

"I find it alarming."