Man United greats Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole on Hojlund signing, Martial and the club becoming like Arsenal

Virtually 25 years on, the telepathy between Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole is as natural as their effervescent exchange of passes at Camp Nou.

They are as clinical now as they were then. Only the victims of their incision are not opponents but the current Manchester United side.

"It’s not Man United, is it?" Cole sighs when reminded the current team has a minus goal difference. "For me, that is an upsetting thing as well.

"Playing for Sir Alex, you might concede a few but what we are going to do is play the way that Man United should play, and that’s attack teams home and away, this counter-attack football? No, there is none of that. You for the jugular minute one, home or away.

"And if you lose then… Well, you’ve gone for the jugular. And that is why the manager was so good, he would let you know: 'I’m not disappointed, you have done what Man United do. If we have given away bad goals, yeah of course he would lose the plot but in general Man United have to play a certain way."

"But yeah, Coley, even with that there was still structure," Yorke notes.

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"Yeah, of course, yeah."

"Everyone played their position. What you are seeing there is a rotation that is out of sync. When you play rotational football and when you are winning games and it’s fluid, it looks great. But if you are not structurally organised, the fundamental organised structure and balance of the team, you have players who are running forward when they don’t need to run forward because they do not have a proper structure and discipline implemented.

"It looks a little bit disconnected right now and I am