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Manchester United have now regained their lost fear factor... Liverpool and Chelsea certainly won't want them in the chasing pack

On New Year's Eve I was in a TV studio preparing to do some analysis as Manchester United trailed Middlesbrough 1-0. And all around me there was a consensus among everyone there.

'United will win this,' was the overwhelming feeling. It was rather like people would speak about the great Sir Alex Ferguson sides.

It is the perception from outside which has changed. United feel like a force to be feared again, not ridiculed.

Jose Mourinho has recreated the fear factor at Manchester United, they're a force once moreu00a0
Jose Mourinho has recreated the fear factor at Manchester United, they're a force once more
Neither Chelsea nor Liverpool will want a rejuvenated United chasing them down
Neither Chelsea nor Liverpool will want a rejuvenated United chasing them down
People are speaking about them like they did about the great Sir Alex Ferguson sides
People are speaking about them like they did about the great Sir Alex Ferguson sides

A few weeks before, I had been asked who I thought would challenge for the title.