Published 7/17/2012 7:11:17 PM by Shane Barrow from soccermogul

The mission is clear for Manchester United.  Regain the English Premier League title.

Sir Alex Ferguson is focused on nothing else as preseason training gets underway.  Rivals Manchester City snatched the title last year, but Ferguson is confident United will bounce back and regain the title.

"If you look back over different periods, you see we recover," Ferguson said. "When Arsenal won the title from us in 1998 we went and won the Treble the next year. We accepted that challenge and did something about it.

"Then Chelsea came along and got off to a flyer in the league for the first two years. We changed our preseason a little to make sure we got off to quick starts. That allowed us to get the title back.

"That's happened three times in the last 14 or 15 years. Recovery is so important and the same applies this season. There's not any difference. It will be special but no more special than in previous years. We want to recover the title. That's our priority #1 to win the title back."

The team is heading to South Africa for two matches . United play Amazulu FC on Wednesday before taking on Ajax Cape Town on Saturday then they are off to China where they will meet Shanghai Shenhua on the following Wednesday.

Some regulars are not making the trip for various reasons.  Rooney, Giggs, Vidic, Ashley Cole and Chris Smalling are among the names not on the trip.  New signings Shinji Kagawa and Nick Powell are amongst the squad and should make their first appearances in a United shirt to much fanfare.

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