I am not saying this for any other reason than I believe it to be true — not a single Manchester United player would get into Manchester City’s starting XI right now.
In fact, I will go further, I believe every one of City’s substitutes at Wembley on Saturday would strengthen United’s team. City have better players in every position — from one to 11 and then beyond. This will not make me very popular in the red half of Manchester, but I have thought long and hard about it.
People may well challenge me and say: ‘What about Bruno Fernandes?