Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United will struggle to battle with rivals Manchester City and Chelsea in the transfer market as he lines up summer signings.
Despite cruising to the Barclays Premier League title, Ferguson is already planning for next season and has set his sights on key signings.
The United boss will add to his relatively young squad this summer as they attempt to retain the title and push on in the Champions League.
And he has also tipped 18-year-old Belgian midfielder Adnan Januzaj - who could make his debut before the end of the season in a No 44 shirt - to male the breakthrough.
Speaking to Inside United, Ferguson said: 'You have to look at the structure of the club at present, in terms of the number of first-team players we have at 23 or under.
'David De Gea, Rafael, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Alex Buttner, Nick Powell, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck. Shinji Kagawa and Chicharito are 24. Jonny Evans is 25 and Wayne Rooney is hitting his peak at 27.
'Older players like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand may be coming towards the end of their careers, but these younger players are the foundation for the next five or six years, irrespective of the players breaking through, like Adnan Januzaj, the Belgian boy, who's really looking very good.
'Hopefully the players we bring into the club in the next year or so will be of the quality we need. We're competitive in the market - we're not Chelsea or Manchester City in terms of money but we're competitive.
'We've been doing a bit of work on that over the last three or four months, targeting who the players are that we feel could enhance us, make us better or help us maintain the level we're at.'
