"I'm not concerned about Chelsea, I just don't know how far that team has got to go. They have lots of experience and big-game temperament and in a sense Scolari is fortunate, joining a big club with a team of internationals. But it's hard to see where there is going to be an improvement. Maybe they have reached a plateau -- although perhaps that's not the right word."

-- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson beginning in with the mind games directed at new Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. (BBC)