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Ole may have to turn to the kids to get Manchester United back to where they belong
Mason Greenwood in 2019

In August 1995, as a pundit on Match of the Day, Alan Hansen was critical of then-Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson following a 3-1 defeat away to Aston Villa.

His “You cant win anything with kids” quote went down in football folklore as that season the United team, made up of a team with an average age 26 years and 137 days, went on to lift the Premier League trophy and FA Cup.

Many of the youngsters, including David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes Gary Neville and Phil Neville, better today as the Class of ’92, who played in that game went on to have a glittering career winning over 90 trophies between them.

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