Ex-Manchester United coach Quinton Fortune believes they let the wrong players leave the club.

The Red Devils have been accused of having a poor transfer policy since the Sir Alex Ferguson era ended.

Fortune agrees, not only regarding United's lavish spending on the wrong players, but about the players they have released for modest or no fees.

He mentioned the likes of James Garner, Angel Gomes, Teden Mengi and Anthony Elanga, stating to The Mirror: “I was very fortunate to work with Teden Mengi, Jimmy (Garner) and Anthony Elanga – Andreas Pereira as well, who got into the first team after joining as a kid. I would love to have them all now. In hindsight you look back and think all of these kids are doing so great and they should be with us!

"But I'm happy for them because they're doing what they love – their goal was obviously to play in the Premier League, and they're playing.

“I don't know if that would have been the situation at Manchester United if they had stayed.

“That's the difficult part for those kids, and I have to take my hat off to them because Teden and Jimmy were at Manchester United since they were babies. So for them to leave it was a big decision, to leave the nest.

"Credit to Jimmy because he went on loan to teams a couple of times in the Championship and it was a brave decision leaving United. Oh my goodness, but he wanted to play."