Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan believes the club's academy is the most important part of the organisation.
The Red Devils have always taken pride in allowing young players to develop and then emerge in the first team.
The likes of Dean Henderson, Marcus Rashford, Scott McTominay and recently Shola Shoratire are all former youth team members.
Paul Pogba, even though he was signed from Juventus after leaving United as a youngster, also came through the academy.
"The coaches within the Academy are second to none," said Phelan on the latest UTD Podcast.
"It's important to have a connection between Academy coaches and first-team coaches, I've always believed in that. Coaches talk to each other about players and about what's going on in their group. I think if you have that connection, we learn things quicker and we can develop quicker.
"I think the club has always promoted a younger player into an older situation, just to see whether they can handle it. We've brought that back.
"Ole definitely understands that. He has come through that process in some respect, being a coach at that level [Reserves]. Now he has stepped up to the first team he understands what it means to bring those young players into the first-team environment. Not necessarily to play them, but to get them involved, to just give them a lift or an understanding that there is an opportunity. There is a real chance that you can achieve something.
"Once that happens and once you get that player who comes through, I think it invigorates everybody else to the possibility which is important, really, really important for that connection."
