I must have been half asleep for the last few weeks because I have completely failed to notice the price about Manchester United winning the Champions League this season.

Currently available at 10 with several bookies, this is an absolute gimme as far as I’m concerned. Of course, I am not entirely convinced that we can cope with what looks like being a demanding Premier League campaign and the Champions League (i.e. I would be surprised if we actually win the CL) but I think that that price is inflated because of the historic reputation of our knockout-round opponents – AC Milan.

As an example of why this is so, consider the fact that Arsenal are also 10.0 with several bookies!

Let me put it this way, Arsenal have NO chance of winning the Champions League. We do have a chance. Where would you rather put your money?

We made fairly easy work (in the end) of the best side in Italy at this stage of last season’s Champions League. We really should be able to deal with AC Milan over two legs. They are not the side they were and they have sold the player who did most of the damage the last time we played them (Kaka).

I thoroughly expect to see us get through to the Quarter Finals. At which stage, our price will come down considerably (probably to something around the 5.5 mark). If you take the 10.5 on offer from Betfair now, that should leave a decent margin to lay the bet off for a guaranteed profit, whatever should happen from there on in.

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