Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has urged fans to believe in what he is doing over the Wayne Rooney saga.
Ferguson has admitted Rooney is likely to leave after turning down a new contract.
He told manutd.com: "The message is that they have to trust Manchester United. If you look at the history of our club over the last 50 years, at the amount of trophies we've won, the honour we've received, the recognition we've got, the respect we've got from around the world, the admiration we've had from everywhere.
"We've produced more players than any other club in the country for England. It's a fantastic history and we should always remember that. You have setbacks, we have some blips at times. Last year for instance, we could have created history by winning the league for the fourth time in a row. It had never been done. We lost it by a point. That doesn't tell us this team is falling apart or anything like that.
"What it always represents is the next step forward. How do we challenge? That's Manchester United. You can't continually win everything every year. But when you have the little blips, we have the structure, we have the management staff to deal with that in order to get us back into line again."