Manchester United boss
Sir Alex Ferguson has branded
derby rivals Manchester City
"cocky".
Ferguson said: "The rivalry has gone up a notch in the last few
months, with them signing all those players and then coming up with
that advert and all their posters about Carlos Tevez. They’ve been
a bit, how can I put it, cocky. Yes, a bit cocky. They’ve got seven
centre forwards now, which is crazy, just amazing.
"But when you have spent that amount of money, and the wages
they are paying, you have to win the league with that kind of
investment. That’s where the difficulty will come for them.
"It’s going to be very difficult for them to win the league when
you see ourselves, Liverpool,
Chelsea and Arsenal because they’ve got to beat the four of us
at some point to get the league.
"It’s very difficult to get into the top four and it’s even more
difficult to get into the top one — and that’s what this league is
all about, being No 1."
Ferguson also told Sirius XM Radio: "They have had a
softish start to the season, with two or three easier games."
