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FERDINAND WANTS TROPHIES

Last updated : 08 August 2005 By Editor
Rio Ferdinand has said that he thinks United need to start the season well in order to have achance of being successful this year. He said to MUTV:

'Any season without a trophy is a bad one,'

'We want to be in contention for every tournament we enter. We want to uphold the proud traditions of this club, which is
about winning trophies.

'Now, it is down to the players to prove to the manager, the coaches and fans that we are good enough.'

'I expect Chelsea and Arsenal to be up there, plus Liverpool, who will have gained lots of confidence from what happened in the Champions League final,'

'But we have to concentrate on ourselves, and that means hitting the ground running, which we didn't manage to do last year.

'The days of us saying we will make up lost ground after Christmas are over. Chelsea and Arsenal have raised standards over the past two years and we have to rise to them from day one.

'The manager said we lost the title on the first day last season when we lost at Chelsea and I agree with him. We cannot afford to be playing catch-up again.'