The Scot believes that the top quality needed to win the competition is missing from the team he inherited from fellow countryman Sir Alex Ferguson.

Moyes told reporters: “To win the Champions League you have to have five or six world-class players.

“If you look at Bayern Munich, they have five or six really ­world-class players, and to win it you might have to have that in your squad.

“Look at Barcelona, who had it in the past, and Real Madrid have maybe got it now.

“That’s the level you have to get at to win it. We’ve not got that yet. What we have got is experience and several players who are in that category or close to it.”

United face Ukrainian side Shaktar Donetsk in the next round of the competition on Thursday.

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