"I think this year will be different for me," He told the Mirror.
"I've had a pre-season tour with the team, which I missed last year."
"And I really know how every player in the team plays now, so I can understand them better on the pitch."
"Plus, Sir Alex knows the best way he can use me."
"We have many games and I'm looking forward to each one so I can score goals and make my contribution to the team."
Ferguson is expecting better things from him too.
Ferguson said: "He probably has something to prove in the sense of his own thoughts about his first year with us,"
"It's difficult to say if his confidence took a knock, but there aren't many players, especially strikers, who aren't at the mercy of their confidence."
"We were a bit unfair to Dimitar last season but we know how to use him this time."
"He won't be playing in deep midfield positions where he found himself a lot last year."
"He's got to be in the last third, where he is a threat. We saw him like that, playing deep, at Tottenham and maybe we were wrong there."
"Once we realised, before the end of the season, he started playing further up the pitch. I think Dimitar will be the focal point of our team this year."