Sir Alex Ferguson: Title challenge a
six-horse race
Manchester
United manager Sir Alex
Ferguson believes any one of six teams
could win the Barclays Premier
League this season.
Ferguson is not prepared to write off any of the
traditional big four, even though Arsenal have
endured a miserable summer, with question marks remaining over the
futures of Cesc Fabregas and
Samir Nasri, and
Liverpool are
without a championship since 1990.
And with Manchester City
preparing to make a concerted challenge on top spot and Ferguson
believing Tottenham will
benefit from being out of the Champions League, the United boss
feels it will be a tougher title race than ever this
season.
Speaking from America, where
United are on tour, he said: "We used to talk about a top four,
with ourselves, Arsenal, Chelsea and
Liverpool. You can't say that any more. Manchester City have come
into the frame. They have a buying power better than the rest of
us.
"Maybe having the run in the European Cup just
stretched Tottenham last season but you look at those teams and say
any one of them could win the league."