Manchester United are a year away from being a serious challengers for the Premier League title. That's not an opinion based on the progress made by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with his squad in recent months, but a reality borne out by the numbers that tell you when a team is ready to become champions.
But forget the talk about this being a "young" United side -- Solskjaer's team may be blessed with the emerging talent of teenagers Mason Greenwood (18) and Brandon Williams (19), with both Marcus Rashford (22) and Anthony Martial (23) are still years from hitting their peak, yet they really are not a team of kids.