Former Manchester United assistant Brian Kidd has lauded Erik ten Hag for sticking to the club's values this season.
Kidd was assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson in the 1990s, while he played for the club and won the European Cup in 1968.
The Mancunian joked he would not get involved in talk about the Man United v Man City FA Cup on Saturday, but did praise Dutch coach Ten Hag for his first season with United.
"When you look from the outside looking in, he is not afraid to play the kids, is he?" Kidd said, per Manchester Evening News.
"So that is a good thing.
"Then you go back to Jimmy (Murphy) and Sir Matt (Busby) if you are good enough you are old enough. I can't believe I was 17, you would think he was going to buy players when I went on the tour to Australia. Then I got that first full season then we won the European Cup. They had faith in you.
"Then you need the senior pros there to bring them along. When you have Bobby (Charlton) and Denis (Law) and George (Best) and Bill Foulkes and Tonny Dunne. They looked after you.
"I can remember Eusebio saying 'who's Kidd?' Nobody had heard of me. You do need that. You need the senior guys to look after you.
"Somebody said to me today about the League Cup. it's silverware. Make sure you are putting silverware on the sideboard, It doesn't matter. That is the demand. You can't be flippant. They've got a trophy on the table.
"It is the way that it is. The mantra was put silverware on the sideboard every season. That is the demand."