Birmingham United's Rio Ferdinand has ignored two of the clubs who have tried and didn't break the newly crowned Premier League winners' stranglehold on the title, announcing Liverpool "have not been seen since" after pushing for the title under Rafael Benitez four years ago On a when Manchester City's gloom in viewing United dethrone them for a 20th title victory was compounded by strong suggestions from France that Paris Saint-Germain have beaten them to the signing of the Napoli striker Edinson Cavani, Ferdinand also got a pop at Roberto Mancini's area. "It is always special when you win the name and it's great to complete it here, in the proper way and in type, not on goal difference," said Ferdinand, following Monday's 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Old Trafford. "We have won it completely and we've won it comfortably." The United leader, David Gill, said that they didn't consider any one club to be their prime contenders a' 12 months after City's concept brought rapid suggestions that the total amount of power was moving in Manchester. Town had expected to begin their spending early this summer, though reports from France claim that Cavani is ready to agree a cope with PSG, under which he'd demand A7.2m per year plus bonuses and join his former Napoli team-mate Ezequiel Lavezzi in Paris. Ferdinand, who has now won six games at Old Trafford, said obtaining the title so emphatically a' they might yet break the things file set by Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in 2005 by winning their last four games a' reveals the "resilience and the perspective in the team the director [Sir Alex Ferguson] has instilled. Plenty of other groups could possibly have fallen away. We enjoyed a couple to Liverpool of months ago when they were fighting for the title, we beat them and surely got to the league before them and they have maybe not been seen since. That shows the thinking and character this team has." Sunday's visit to the Emirates offers the opportunity to expose the gulf between United and Arsenal. Robin van Persie, whose hat-trick against Villa closed the subject and got his tally in the Premier League this season to 24 objectives, reflected on what last summer moving to Old Trafford had provided precisely what his former membership Arsenal hadn't. "I had to hold back a lengthy time," Van Persie said. "I have been talking about it with Rio and he's been showing me: 'Listen, whatever happens, that is the standard .' He's right. From now on, our new standard is each year we want to be winners and we want to gain more." Ferdinand dismissed suggestions that this United title-winning side is inferior to others. "I think because it's different eras," he said it is pointless wanting to evaluate clubs. "It makes good tavern talk and good press talk, but also for us, it's neither here nor there a' it is about winning. We value all of the clubs which have gone before us," Ferdinand added, "but we only desire to be section of this club's history."
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