Sir Alex Ferguson ready to put trust in youth against Tottenham

With Vidic and Ferdinand injured, the Scot will give chances to Smalling and Jones after being impressed by fellow youngsters Cleverley & Welbeck at West Brom

Sir Alex Ferguson has come out before Manchester United’s match against Tottenham Hotspur in the second round of the English Premier League matches and has built up his team’s youth in his recent interview. Sir Alex who brought up the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville along with Nicky Butt and Phil Neville through the Manchester United youth academy has now turned his attention towards the likes of David De Gea, Thomas Cleverley and Danny Welbeck this season as United embark on yet another English Premier League season in which they are set to defend their 19th league title. United won the English Premier League title last year when they bested both Manchester City and Chelsea in the end to secure the league title by nine points.

They also made it to the UEFA Champions League final but lost to Barcelona at Wembley. Nonetheless, Ferguson won their first league match of the 2011-2012 season when they took on West Bromwich Albion on the previous weekend. Welbeck along with Cleverley and De Gea started for Manchester United as they racked up a 2-1 win at the Hawthorns stadium. However United are set to give a start to the likes of Johnny Evans along with Chris Smalling and Phil Jones on Monday when they take on Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford due to the injuries that were sustained by Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic during the Red Devils’ win over the Baggies. Ferdinand might return in time to face Arsenal in the next few weeks but Ferguson has already confirmed that Vidic is out for at least five weeks. With Rafael da Silva missing out on Manchester United’s start of the season due to a shoulder injury, Sir Alex is set to go with a young defensive line against Harry Redknapp’s men.

Manchester United’s manager said in his recent interview, "The team on Monday will be a very young defensive line-up, with Jones and Evans in the centre and Smalling at right-back. But Patrice Evra will be back for Spurs, which gives us experience. I'm not worried about the young players filling in at the back. Evans has ample experience, of course, and has been at the club since he was 12 years old. He's played plenty of first-team games.” He added, “Phil Jones has the experience of playing for Blackburn last season in the Barclays Premier League and I thought he and Chris Smalling were the stars for England Under-21s in the summer. Chris had a fantastic first season and he's continued his progress this year.”