Pep Guardiola replicated a famous claim in English football when he insisted that Manchester City cannot win titles with young players.

In August 1995, football pundit Alan Hansen famously said of the then Manchester United team on Match of the Day” “You can’t win anything with kids.”

United had replaced a number of experienced pros with young players from the academy at the time but would go on to prove the former Liverpool player wrong by winning the Premier League that season.

Guardiola though, seems to share Hansen’s belief nevertheless.

“We have to compete every single day to fight with the best teams in England and Europe, so and for that we need David Silva’s, and Kevin De Bruyne’s, and Sergio Aguero’s, and Fernandinho’s, and… all this type of players,” Guardiola said at Friday’s press conference.

“With the young, young, young players you cannot win (titles). The young players can be helpful for the other ones, but the basis is that with the young it is not possible (to win titles).”