Manchester United hero Paul Ince does not believe Mario Mandzukic would be an astute signing.

The Juventus striker is being linked with a January move to Old Trafford.

"I don't think Mandzukic is the answer," Ince told the Mirror.

"I feel that you never get your best players in January, clubs don't sell their best players in January, so whoever Manchester United are going to get is going to be a stop-gap.

"If they're looking to go down the young route then they should be looking at young strikers, not Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] or Mandzukic."