Paul Scholes insists Manchester United must mount a serious challenge for the Premiership title this season after admitting that the club have waited too long to secure domestic dominance.
Scholes (31) is currently proving his fitness on United’s tour of South Africa after missing five months of last season with a blurred-vision problem affecting his right eye.
And with Chelsea having won the last two Premiership campaigns, former England midfielder Scholes claims that United are determined to return to the summit of English football.
Scholes said: ”We’ve won a lot in the past, but that doesn’t matter anymore. It’s what happens now that is important. We want to win the title every season and we want the title back.
”It isn’t nice to see Chelsea pick the trophy up, so winning the Premiership is more important than winning the Champions League for me. The Champions League is big, but being English and with the Premiership being so massive, I think we have to concentrate on winning that.
”We have said for the last two seasons that this is the year we are going to catch Chelsea, though, and we haven’t managed it. We can only hope we do it this season.”
Although Scholes admits that his eyesight has yet to recover fully, the United stalwart is confident that he can still play a key role for the club and he admits that he is desperate for the new season to start.
Scholes said: ”The eye is almost back to normal I suppose. It’s not 100% of what it was, but there’s no problem as far as playing is concerned. It’s going to take time to adjust to playing again, but I will be able to do that.
”Things are much better now and I’m really looking forward to the new season. I’m enjoying getting ready for it because for so long, I was doing virtually nothing and hardly any exercise. I just sat at home doing nothing.
”I am looking forward to it and I am just as determined as ever to win trophies.” — AFP
