Fergie admits that he is ‘expecting a lot’ from several of the youngster and also reckons Nani and Anderson will improve.
“People have misread our situation and they have under-estimated our ability to improve players. That is an area where we have proved successful in the past,” he told The Sun.
“We are expecting a lot from (Jonny) Evans, (Danny) Welbeck, (Darron) Gibson, (Federico) Macheda and the Da Silva brothers.
“And Nani and Anderson have already shown good things, but they will improve this season.
“We will miss Ronaldo’s goals, that’s obvious.
“But (Dimitar) Berbatov will do well this year. And (Wayne) Rooney and (Michael) Owen are both capable of getting 20 goals, so we’ve got plenty of options.”