5 reasons why Manchester United are no longer the dominant force they once were

#2 Lack of quality academy players

McTominay playing for Manchester United first-team.

One of the glaring shortcomings of Manchester United has been the paucity of quality players coming up through its youth teams.

It has one of the biggest youth academies in England, but unfortunately, only a few of these graduates actually get to play in the top-flight. Well, Mourinho's tactics might be partially at blame here, but clearly if youth players can't be converted to future first team starters, it is time to look into the matter.

With the best of the academy graduates Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford only managing to score 1 goal between them, only a complete overhaul of youth academy can change the prospects of future graduates and the club.