Manchester United hero Paul Ince says their season will flop if they focus on youth this season.
Ince isn't convinced manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's kids are up to it.
He said, It's all about personnel for United, now. How they improve not only the team but the club, from the top down. They have to start again from fresh. Aaron Wan-Bissaka was signed for 60 million, which a lot of money for a full-back. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he wanted to go down the route of bringing in younger, fresher talent and building the team that way. For me, that's not the way to go.
"Youth players today aren't the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. They're simply not. There's just not that much coming through the academy at the moment. Yes, pick two or three youngsters but then integrate them with top class, top quality senior players don't rely on it.
"Do you see many youth players in Manchester City's team except Phil Foden? No, and they just won the league. Liverpool have a couple, but the majority of their team are senior, experienced players interspersed with youth. I don't think you can say we're going with just kids and expect to close such a big gap. Solskjaer needs to be buying ready-made players, coming into their prime no 18-year-olds unless they're truly a special talent."
Paul Ince was speaking exclusively to Paddy Power for Pitch Invader magazine, available in their stores now.
