10 Reasons Why Manchester United Is Rated as the Best Team in the League (2024)

Manchester United is one of the most prestigious, respected and feared teams in world football. The club achieved such accolades by their performances on and off the pitch through the years. The club has been graced by legends from the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best, stalwarts like Paul Scholes and David Beckham, to the new generation of players led by Nemanja Vidic and star player Wayne Rooney.

Sir Alex Ferguson currently holds the world record for the longest time spent in a football club, at 25 years, and the wily old Scot remains evergreen every season. The legendary manager has achieved what other football managers dream to live and his records have painted vivid pictures for everyone to see.

When Sir Ferguson joined the club in 1986, Liverpool had 18 league titles, while Manchester United had a meager seven, but the master tactician has won 12 league titles, thereby getting an amazing average of one title every two seasons.

The current “Champ19ns” of England have been the alpha-club of the Premier League and here are 10 reasons why Manchester United is rated as the best team in the English Premier League.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been in Manchester United and the Premier League long enough to know the right tactic to use for every club he faces. He usually operates with the traditional 4-4-2, but the Scot knows the right personnel to use depending on the caliber of the game being played.

He has used this tactical ingenuity to his strength and many managers have fallen by the road side when facing Manchester United because of the unpredictability of Sir Alex Ferguson’s actions in the drawing board.

Manchester United’s squad is one of the biggest in the Premier League and it’s filled up with quality players in every position. Micheal Owen and Dimitar Berbatov were regular starters in every previous club they played in—with the exception of Owen in Real Madrid—but they are presently on the fringes at Old Trafford.

Sir Ferguson probably uses a “Lucky dip” when he wants to pick the midfielders to start each match because the number of personnel in that playing position is really massive.

Last season, Manchester United didn’t win the Premier League because they were the best by a far mile; they won it because the other 19 sides were really poor, because the club’s away record was quite dismal with a boatload of draws and a few defeats.

However, Manchester United had the character and resilience to stand strong in games where the odds were firmly stacked against them. Manchester United was two goals down with 10 minutes to go at Villa Park, but goals from Federico Macheda and Nemanja Vidic leveled the tie. To be frank, that’s what champions are made of.

Other games of note include their amazing comebacks against Blackpool and West Ham, when they were two goals down and when they held off Chelsea with a win when it seemed as if the Blues were back in business.

Season after season, there’ll surely be a game or two where Manchester United will be saved by a combination of Lady Luck and of course, poor officiating from the men with the whistle.

In recent times, Howard Webb has been heralded as Manchester United’s 12th player because of the way he gives the club an edge anytime he officiates a game, but eyebrows were raised when he gave Arsenal a penalty in the 8-2 mauling that was missed by Robin van Persie.

I’m pretty sure that he wanted to give a goal kick, but the charge on Walcott was too glaring for everyone to see.

Many teams literally “park the bus” when they visit Old Trafford and some even go as far as using negative defensive tactics in their home grounds when Manchester United come visiting.

This gives Sir Ferguson’s men a big edge because most games are won before they are played.

In the buildup to big matches, there are times when Sir Alex Ferguson engages in a war of words with the opposing manager and he comes out on top most of the time.

Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger, Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho were the regular customers Fergie played such games with because of their caliber and the rivalry status of their teams.

Sir Alex Ferguson is a manager that’s never afraid to put his money where his mouth is and he has made jaw-dropping transfers since taking over at the club 25 years ago.

Rio Ferdinand still holds the world record for the most expensive center back ever signed, Wayne Rooney cost a fortune to arrive at the club and the transfer net spend for Manchester United this summer—David de Gea, Phil Jones and Ashley Young—could be used by Arsene Wenger to purchase an entire first team if he pleases.

Experience is a key factor in world football and no other league values the experience of their players like the Italian Serie A. Sir Alex Ferguson has injected youth from time to time in Manchester United, while hanging onto the old experienced hags to rub on their influence on the younger ones.

Edwin van der Sar was the custodian between the sticks for Manchester United and he stayed with the club well beyond his twilight years. This was a move that paid off for Sir Alex Ferguson because it saved him the cost of signing a new goalie and van der Sar’s experience and amazing goalkeeping ability helped the squad, as he orchestrated the defense like a true conductor.

Ryan Giggs has been in the Premier League for 12 seasons, but Fergie still uses him from time to time because of the influence the Welsh man passes on to the younger players in the squad.

In 19 Premier League home games last season, Manchester United was victorious in 18 and dropped only two points when West Brom came around. This meant that the club amassed 55 points from a possible 57, so their poor away form counted for nothing because they had a fortress called Old Trafford.

However, Roberto Mancini and his rich goons from the “noisy and oil-rich” half of Manchester went to Old Trafford cinemas to premiere an enthralling movie called “Six and the City.”

The traditional top four teams have certain records they hold as bragging rights, but Manchester United has the most respectable of them all. Chelsea still holds the record for the best ever defense in the Premier League with six goals conceded in Stamford Bridge and nine conceded away in Jose Mourinho’s first season at the club. The record of 15 goals conceded hasn’t been broken by any Premier League team yet.

Arsenal holds the record of invincibility in the Premier League by going through an entire season without knowing what defeat tasted like. Arsene Wenger and his men carried the record to the next season, but it came to an end on game No. 49 in the hands of the old enemy, Manchester United.

Liverpool still remains the best Premier League team in Europe, with five Champions League titles, but they haven’t won the Premier League in two decades, so their only bragging right in England was taken away from them by the Champ19ns, Manchester United.

Manchester City has taken the Premier League by storm this season with 11 wins from their first 13 games, but Manchester United is a team that can never be written off because of the 10 reasons I’ve listed.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s tactics will still be canny for some managers, while the squad’s depth will be crucial in the worst injury crisis. Their character will be tested again as the season progresses and they can always bank on Howard Webb to give them a penalty or two when the time is right.

Teams will continue to employ negative tactics against them and Sir Fergie will go to the media vultures to say a thing or two in the buildup to a big match. His big name signings like Ashley Young, Phil Jones and David de Gea have integrated themselves into the squad and Fergie can always count on Hugh Giggs Hefner to come up with the goods like that assist against Swansea.

Don’t forget that most teams get overawed in Old Trafford: The Theater of Dreams.