Although it seems quite difficult to achieve, Manchester United proved that they are capable of anything and they are able to win all five trophies at stake this season: League Cup, FA Cup, World Club Championship, Champions League and last but not at least the Premier League.
Manchester already managed to win two trophies after winning in December the World Club Championship final 1-0 against Ecuadorian team Liga de Quito and now the League Cup after defeating Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 on penalties.
Sir Alex Ferguson is very close to a historical performance, to win five trophies in one season with Manchester and exceed the previous record owned by Jock Stein who won four trophies with Celtic in 1966-1967 season.
Even if not many people would bet on their success, Ferguson believes in the opportunity and some reasons that give him confidence would be:
1. Manchester United is in top form at the moment having seven consecutive victories in Premier League.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo, the best player in the World last season, plays for them
3. Ferguson has a very numerous and also very valuable squad.
The value of the players is about the same level. The substitutes can make the difference at any time and the best proof here is the League Cup final when Ferguson rested players like Van der Sar, Carrick, Berbatov, Rooney or Giggs and played with the youngsters.
4. His career stats are incredible.
Ferguson is definitely one of the best managers in the history of football, being at the head of Manchester for 22 years now and wining more trophies than any other manager in the history of English game.
5. Friendship and respect between players, a very important condition for the success of any club.
If we stay and analyze all these points we came to the conclusion that Manchester have all the chances to make this performance and win all the five trophies at stake.
so theres really six trophies up for grabs,now that would be a special achievment.
