UTD Podcast: Scouting the world's best

Jim Ryan was appointed by Sir Alex Ferguson as the manager of United's youth team in 1991 and, after serving that role for 10 years, went onto become director of youth football for a further decade.

During that time, Ryan oversaw the progression of the famous Class of 92, and would go on to scout and recommend many up-and-coming players in England and abroad.

The Scotsman, who had a brief playing spell with the Reds in the 1960s, sat down with Helen Evans, Sam Homewood and David May to reveal the thinking behind recruiting greats such as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and current stars like Paul Pogba.

“I thought he was a certainty,“ Ryan said, when asked about the signing of Pogba. ”He came to us in a…