Galatasaray manager Roberto Mancini says Manchester United need to restructure their squad if they are to continue to compete at the top of the Premier League.
Mancini feels United have failed to match his former club Manchester City and Chelsea in the transfer market.
"Chelsea changed and bought some new players, City bought four or five new players," he told BBC World Service.
"After many years, it's the time [for United] to refresh the team."
Mancini, 49, also argued that City's status as the Premier League's highest scorers this season was down to players he signed before he was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini during the summer.
The former Lazio and Inter Milan boss, who managed City to the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League title a year later. has sympathy for United manager David Moyes after the Red Devils' disappointing start to the season.
Moyes's side lie seventh in the Premier League, 14 points behind leaders Arsenal with 16 matches remaining, but Mancini believes the former Everton manager has the ability to turn things around at Old Trafford.
"I think there is a good chance for him - he worked for 10 years at Everton and he did a really good job," said Mancini.
"He is a good manager and I don't think he needs my advice."
Since taking the United job in May 2013, Moyes has made just one major buy, the £27.5m signing of Marouane Fellaini from Everton on transfer deadline day in September.
But the Premier League title holders have been linked with moves for Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata, Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao and Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal in the January transfer window.
Mancini acknowledges that Moyes's job is complicated by having to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful club manager in English football. Ferguson, 72, won 38 trophies during his 26-year tenure at Old Trafford including 13 league titles, two Champions League crowns, five FA Cups and four League Cups
Moyes failed to win any silverware during an 11-year spell at Everton, although he was named the League Managers Association's manager of the year three times during his time at Goodison Park.
"Alex was at the top but for every manager it is difficult [to come] after him," said Mancini.
"It's totally different to manage a team that should win every game, that every year [should] win a title or the Champions League."
Mancini said he held no bitterness towards City over his sacking last summer, just days after his side were beaten by Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
Many City supporters were outraged at the decision to get rid of the man of who led the club to their first league title in 44 years in 2012, but Mancini suggests that the players needed a fresh manager after his three-and-a-half years at Etihad Stadium.
"When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players, but this is normal because the manager wants the players to work hard and play well and the players should understand this." he said.
"When you bring in a new manager, it is better maybe, because you change the way they work."
City have scored more than 100 goals in all competitions this season under Pellegrini, and are on course for an unprecedented quadruple of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup.
But Mancini said that City's push for glory this season - they lie second in the Premier League, a point behind leaders Arsenal - is at least partly down to the players he brought to the club.
"The players scoring the goals are players that I bought - Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure and David Silva," he added. "I think Pellegrini is doing a good job but what is happening now at Manchester City, we did three years ago.
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