Previous season's winners are tipped to lift the 2011/12 trophy based on the bookies odds. Man U won a record 19th English league title last season, the teams 12th under Sir Alex Ferguson. This year the team looks extremely formidable with, as ever, a superb manager, excellent support and a mixture of both experienced and young players, not to mention great form scoring 18 goals in their first four premiership games.

Wonderful supporters
Man Utd is one of, if not the best supported clubs in Europe. The club has a worldwide fan base with over 200 formally recognised supporters clubs in at least 24 different countries.

A superb manager
Sir Alex Ferguson was assigned manager in 1986, and ended a twenty-six year wait to win the premier league in 1993, since then Manchester United have won a further eleven league titles under his reign. Sir Alex, 69 is a very talented manager which is a massive advantage to the team, as he puts it, the most important man to Manchester United is the manager, which I am inclined to agree with. He states as long as his health is in good condition he will continue for the foreseeable future, which can only be good news?

Combo of experienced and young players
Rooney, Nani, Park Smalling, Ferdinand and Rafael to name but a few, their summer signings also look very promising…
Ashley Young – livewire forward, transferred from Aston Villa.
David De Gea – signed from Atletico Madrid, David is an exceptionally talented Spanish 20 year old expected to be the replacement of Edwin van der Sar.
Phil Jones – very promising young defender transferred from Blackburn.

So if I wanted to bet Man U will be outright winners in the premier league 2011/12, what are some of my possibilities?

Bigger value free bet
Paddy Power offers odds of 5/4, which signifies if you stake £100 your predicted winnings are £225. Paddy Power offer a simple to follow free bet of £50 for new customers. There are additional bigger value free bets available but you have to place multiple bets at different amounts.

William Hill
At the time of creating William Hill offer odds of 5/4. This indicates if you placed a bet of £100 your estimated winnings would be £225. Also at the time of composing William Hill has a promo free bet of £25 for new customers.

Best odds (subject to change)
Boylesport currently supply odds of 13/10. This indicates if you staked £100 you would receive back £230. At this time Boylesport offer a promo free bet of £20 for new customers.

Final thoughts
This season has only just begun and lots can happen, undoubtedly Man Utd are a formidable team, still they do have close competition from their rivals Manchester City. I expect it will be a superb season to follow. If you do decide to bet on an outright winner in the premier league, bear in mind you are in for a long wait till the bet is concluded.