Alan Hansen got it wrong not once, but twice. The Liverpool legend famously remarked that Manchester United would win nothing with kids. But the Class of '92 made a mockery of his myopia in 1996 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pretty much did the same yesterday. The...
Youth reigns at Old Trafford.In that regard, he was the perfect plumber for clubs leaking cash and patience.
At the peak of United's powers in the 2000s, Ferguson and his chief executive David Gill refused to buy outfield players over 27 unless there were special circumstances . Perhaps United's short-termism in the transfer market was indicative of the English Premier League's panic-stricken circus, where every poor signing was a crisis and every defeat was grounds for the sack.More importantly, in the biggest irony of all, United's sworn enemies have headed in the other direction. Liverpool have borrowed the Ferguson-Gill template to sign younger players and promote academy kids.
Mourinho struggled with the anarchy of youth, the uncertainty of a new kid bringing his box of tricks to a big match.
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