United’s Class of 92 graduates, including Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Gary Neville, helped the club under Sir Alex Ferguson dominate the English game

Manchester United could build their own academy stadium and employ a raft of full-time junior coaches as part of a wide-ranging structural overhaul of their youth system.

The club have conducted a review of their academy and scouting set-up since announcing in February that Brian McClair, the academy director, was leaving to join the Scottish FA.

From the Busby Babes in the 1950s to the emergence of George Best the next decade and the success of the Class of ’92, United have one of the most fabled youth production lines in football history.

Yet there is an acceptance within Old Trafford that the key areas of coaching, education, scouting and facilities need significant overhaul, with the club losing out to Manchester City and Chelsea in