Former Manchester United and Everton defender Phil Neville has been ridiculed after sending a tweet to his one million followers that was horribly translated.

The 38-year-old, who was appointed as assistant manager of Valencia earlier this month, was left red-faced when attempting to communicate in Spanish via the social network site.

Neville tweeted that he had been on an early-morning run across the beach, but the word "run" has a double definition when translated into Spanish - also meaning "ejaculation".

The tweet was soon deleted, but only after the error had been pounced on by eagled-eyed Twitter users.

Phil Neville's tweet today means something else to most Spanish: Ejaculation on the beach to start the morning! pic.twitter.com/IUHGFQI5BO

— Pål Ødegård (@paalpot75) July 13, 2015

Neville spent one season in a coaching role at Old Trafford, but he left at the end of the 2013-14 season following a disappointing campaign.