The Future Is Always Bright

15 August 09 by Bill

United kick off their Premier League defence at home to Birmingham tomorrow with a squad not much different from that of last season. Obviously there were a couple of big name departures but the high profile replacements many expected never materialised and with the possible exception of Antonio Valencia, United will field a team of seasoned Reds when they kick off tomorrow.

United received £80 million from the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo and many expected Ferguson to spend it all on a couple of world class players. The likes of David Villa, Franck Ribery and Sergio Aguero were frequently mentioned alongside pretty much every other ‘potential star’ in the world.

Ferguson has so far resisted splashing out and has brought in just one player ready for first team football in winger Antonio Valencia. Many suspect Ferguson hasn’t gone anywhere near far enough to plug the gap left by Ronaldo but Ferguson is looking for improvement and he believes he has everything he needs already.

“We have had to replace good players time and time again,” he said. “Sometimes you do it because players get older, sometimes they move on for different reasons or because I might want to change the shape of the team. The important thing is not to get too upset because this club can produce players all the time.

“We are always searching to improve ourselves, but this time the improvement will come from within, definitely.

“The area I am most encouraged by is the young players, numbers-wise we have quite a load of them.

“Federico Macheda and Danny Welbeck are developing very well. We also have the Da Silva brothers and we think Darron Gibson is going to be a top player because he has come on fantastically well. Then you have Nani and Anderson who are only 22 and 21.”