16 July,2011 06:57 AM IST | | PA Sport
Rio Ferdinand is fuming that Manchester United are not the automatic choice to retain their Premier League title.
Rio Ferdinand
Rather than reflect on a fourth championship in five years, and a record 19th overall that allowed them to eclipse Liverpool as England's most successful team, much of the summer debate has centred around United's Champions League final failure against Barcelona.
Ferdinand said: "It is ridiculous. It makes me laugh. We have won the league four times out of five. Half of it is that people want someone else to win it.
Before I came here, United used to win the league and I'd think it would be nice from a fans' point of view to see someone else putting up a challenge.
But when you dust yourself down and analyse everything, it was a successful season. If someone had said at the beginning we would reach the Champions League final and win the league, we would have accepted it. That's how you have to look at it."
