Sir Alex Ferguson handed Michael Owen the prized
Manchester United number seven shirt and then declared Old Trafford
closed for transfer business.
Faced with a market over-inflated by Real Madrid and
Manchester City, Ferguson has decided his current squad is good
enough to challenge for an unprecedented fourth consecutive league
title, even though Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez have
left.
Owen will take over Ronaldo's shirt and his place in an
attacking line-up containing Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov,
plus youngsters Daniel Welbeck and Federico Macheda, who will both
be given a chance to prove they are worthy of the accolades that
have been bestowed on them.
