Sir Alex Ferguson belives the coming season's battle for silverware with rivals Chelsea will see the Londoners facing a huge challenge, despite the appointment of World Cupwinning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told the latest edition of the club's official magazine, United: "The way I look at it is that Jose Mourinho was a good coach and we had to deal with that.
"He had two league successes over us and beat us in the FA Cup.
"If they achieve that again they'll have to be going some. So they have big challenges themselves."
Ferguson also hailed his former midfielder, Paul Ince, who has succeeded another United old boy in Mark Hughes as manager of Blackburn Rovers.
"He's a great character, Incey. He's not changed one bit. He's still got that bubbly personality and I think he could do quite well.
"The only thing about going to Blackburn is that you hear rumblings of some players wanting to move to another club, or their contracts coming to an end.
"He is going there at a difficult time and they may lose some players. But Incey has a lot of determination about him, so we'll see how he gets on."
United are able to welcome back club captain Gary Neville after a lengthy injury absence, and Ferguson is looking forward to having him available again.
He told the magazine: "Gary is back and he is looking terrific in training. It's amazing and says a lot about the lad and his determination to come back after such a long lay-off. He's been looking great in training so it's terrific to have those options with the back four, we look really strong there this season.
"He must have been gutted missing out on last season's successes but I was pleased because he still played his part, he was always in with the players encouraging and got involved with everyone around the team. He was a terrific influence, even though he wasn't playing matches."
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told the latest edition of the club's official magazine, United: "The way I look at it is that Jose Mourinho was a good coach and we had to deal with that.
"He had two league successes over us and beat us in the FA Cup.
"If they achieve that again they'll have to be going some. So they have big challenges themselves."
Ferguson also hailed his former midfielder, Paul Ince, who has succeeded another United old boy in Mark Hughes as manager of Blackburn Rovers.
"He's a great character, Incey. He's not changed one bit. He's still got that bubbly personality and I think he could do quite well.
"The only thing about going to Blackburn is that you hear rumblings of some players wanting to move to another club, or their contracts coming to an end.
"He is going there at a difficult time and they may lose some players. But Incey has a lot of determination about him, so we'll see how he gets on."
United are able to welcome back club captain Gary Neville after a lengthy injury absence, and Ferguson is looking forward to having him available again.
He told the magazine: "Gary is back and he is looking terrific in training. It's amazing and says a lot about the lad and his determination to come back after such a long lay-off. He's been looking great in training so it's terrific to have those options with the back four, we look really strong there this season.
"He must have been gutted missing out on last season's successes but I was pleased because he still played his part, he was always in with the players encouraging and got involved with everyone around the team. He was a terrific influence, even though he wasn't playing matches."
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