Both Chelsea and Manchester United will be challenging for the Premiership title next season.
Manchester United is a world-famous club, and yet if you say, 'Manchester United,' then immediately you think of Sir Alex Ferguson. To have achieved so much and have so much importance at such a big club is extremely rare.
Benfica against Manchester United is very special for me. Benfica is my real club but Manchester United is my English club. We are together in history.
I have felt part of this club when I have travelled all around the world and been recognised as a Manchester United player. And when you're a Manchester United player you will forever be a Manchester United player.
I took the job at United fully expecting to be walking around after the last home game of the season either challenging for a league title or parading a league title because that's what this club demands.
It's amazing knowing that a club like Manchester United is interested in you. It's a good feeling.
Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left? If I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year.
With a club like Manchester United that have history and traditions, I think the manager at the club should respect that.
It's a special club. It's got history. When I slip on the Manchester United shirt, it's like I'm wearing its past. So you have to sacrifice yourself for this club.
I was happy to play for Athletic Bilbao, another club that is dear to me, and for Manchester United, the biggest club in the United Kingdom, where I felt loved.
I think Manchester United is a much bigger club than any manager in the world, and the manager who comes in should respect what Manchester United is.
I always say the biggest opponent for Manchester United is Manchester United. Every year I play for this club, I will say the same.
Leaving a club like Real and coming to as big a club as Manchester United makes you grow as a player and helps you progress in your career.
Do I feel I should have been given more time? Of course I do. To go to a club like Manchester United and follow someone like Sir Alex after the time he had been there, to stay for ten months... It couldn't be a revolution at Manchester United; it had to be evolution. It had to take time.
Manchester is obviously is a huge footballing city with Manchester City and Manchester United there - and I really like this accent because my agent is also from Manchester and my girlfriend's family is from Manchester.
I don't regret writing my book at all. I wrote it for the United supporters to give them a proper insight into what it is like inside the club, and what it is like to be a Manchester United player. I think I did that in an honest way.