Gary Neville has stressed the importance of graasroots coaching to football in England.

Neville, was speaking ahead of today's opening of the FA's new national football complex.

The centre of excellence, St George's Park in Staffordshire, which is 330 acres and cost £105 million, was opened today by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and will have facilities for all of the England football teams. It also aims to nurture more managers and coaches of better quality.

The Manchester United legend has said to BBC Radio 5 Live that grassroot coaches "are everything." He said: "If we can get more quality, a higher quality, a better quantity of coaching in this country, we will produce better footballers - that is a fact."

Additionally, the FA is making changes to youth football and creating "youth modules" in order to help the development of youngsters. Neville, who has had a hugely successful career including winning the Champions League, believes it is vital to connect with young, aspiring footballers, saying: "The information passed to six to 14 year-olds is absoloutely critical. I was so lucky I was given the right information. I had good coaches, my parents put the right principles into me."

Gary Neville joined the coaching team of Roy Hodgson's England squad this summer.