Manchester United hero Nicky Butt has lavished praise on coach Erik ten Hag.
The former United midfielder, presently working at Salford City, is impressed by how quickly United have improved this season.
Butt, who spent ten years as a player and nine as a coach at United, also believes they can win the Premier League.
United could win the league, really,' he told The Mail.
They could go in the back door. But I wouldn't say United are back. Not a chance.
What Ten Hag is doing is great. He seems to be the man, not taking any crap. He seems to have the respect of people above him to let him make decisions. But they have to kick on and get better. Being fourth is not Man United. We used to finish second and were told if it happened again the next season we would be sold. Sold!
That was the mentality of the club back then. if you were gonna finish second you may as well finish seventh. The recruitment team has a big job on its hands to get to the next level and if you have a team like [Manchester] City that keeps spending it's very difficult to catch up with them.
People keep saying how well United are doing but if they are going like that [places his arm at an angle] then if you think City and Chelsea aren't going like that in the background as well then you are wrong. There is still some catching up to do for United and I hope they can do it."