“He is the type of player you want in your squad.”

The faith in youth at Old Trafford appears well and truly alive this season.

Ryan Giggs has asserted that it will be the young players that will help United retain the title and another United legend has added his weight to the argument.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, manager of United’s reserve team, has heaped praise on the emerging talent at Old Trafford reserving particular praise for Tom Cleverley.

Cleverley was on loan at Watford last season and shone for them being named their player of the year and it has set him in good stead to break through to the United first team. Speaking in the M.E.N, Solskjaer said

“Last season Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda didn’t play a lot in the reserves. Darron Gibson moved up. Jonny Evans has gone on. Fabio and Rafa da Silva are first-teamers.

“They all should be making more of an impact this season than they did last. They have all had tasters of the seniors and you expect them to do more now.

“Tom Cleverley has gone on tour. I don’t know what the manager will do with him but he is a top-quality players and a top- quality human being.”

“He is the type of player you want in your squad. There are talented players and talented players who have everything. Tom is a class act as a person and great in a group.

“There is loads of talent in the reserves. Corry Evans has gone on tour. Craig Cathcart is coming back from injury.

“There are talented players coming through the system here. It is not fair to pick one or two names out but we have players we hope will make it on the big stage.

“We had three players winning the Under-17 championships with England – Will Keane, Tom Thorpe and Sam Johnson. We hope that is a sign of something to come.

“I saw some of the Under-17 championships and as a whole the England side is very good.”