Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is convinced he has the squad to win the Champions League.

The Old Trafford outfit are in pole position to progress as they take a 3-1 lead into the play-off second-leg against Club Brugge.

Van Gaal is confident he can emulate unfancied Ajax's rise the pinnacle of European club football in 1995 and said: "Yes, I believe in that. I believe more in the mix, than players only from 27 to 34.

"You have to believe in the youth education. When you see Manchester United, and how many young players we have and play, we are starting with Luke Shaw, Memphis Depay, Adnan Januzaj, then Jesse Lingard, Paddy McNair.

"They are all playing and sometimes they shall play more matches.

"It is also dependable what is happening in the transfer period, and we are starting to make a mixture, and it is important to make a mixture with young and older players.

"We (Ajax) won the final with players aged 18 and 19, but also with players like (Michael) Carrick and (Bastian) Schweinsteiger - it was Frank Rijkaard and Danny Blind, they were over 30. I believe in the mix."