"It's ridiculous to think that, in 2011, you can only pick a boy who lives near Old Trafford. Barcelona signed a boy from China, one from Japan and that sums it up."
- Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex has predicted that the success of introducing so many players into the first-team from the Class of '92 will happen again.
Many pundits view the emergence of the likes of Gary Neville, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt at the same time as unique with the boss able to promote so many youth-teamers into his starting line-up.
Last season's FA Youth Cup victors drew some flattering comparisons with the stars of yesteryear and are continuing to make progress through the ranks at Old Trafford.
And the manager is in no doubt that the club will continue to reap the benefits of a productive Academy system, particularly now the rules are being changed to allow the scouts to cast a wider net.
"The class of 1992 wasn't a one-off," he insisted. "It will happen again. A club like Manchester United will always keep chasing the dream that we'll get another bunch of lads like that again.
"If the Academy system changes to how it should be, then we're capable of doing that. It's ridiculous to think that, in 2011, you can only pick a boy who lives near Old Trafford. Barcelona signed a boy from China, one from Japan and that sums it up."
The move to Carrington has been a major factor in helping United develop young talent and provide first-class facilities for all the staff with more enhancements of the complex planned.
"The club is massive now," added Sir Alex. "The great thing was that we moved from The Cliff to Carrington. That was the best thing that ever happened to the club.
"The Cliff had a great history but it was too small. We couldn't have achieved what we've achieved now had we stayed. There's no way we could have accommodated 110 staff at The Cliff as we do at Carrington."
source : manutd
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