Alex Ferguson has revealed he will make few changes to Manchester United's squad despite his side's failure to win the Premier League.
United's three-year reign as English champions came to an end as Chelsea pipped Ferguson's team to the title on the last day of the season.
With question marks over the form of Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Carrick, as well as the long-term fitness of Rio Ferdinand, it has been suggested Ferguson may make a big splash in the transfer market.
Although United are over 500 million pounds in debt, chief executive David Gill has insisted the 80 million pounds transfer fee from the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo last year is still available for Ferguson to spend on players.
However, Ferguson, who has already signed young defender Chris Smalling from Fulham and Mexican forward Javier Hernandez, prefers to stick with the majority of his current crop.
"I think we've worked hard over the years at bringing in young players and developing them very well. We'll have to assess all that and maybe do one or two things," he told the club's official magazine.
"In the market today it's very difficult and the structure of our squad is good in terms of ages, the balance, the numbers and there's a lot of good young players.
"Sometimes you have to trust in all the development...and I'm going to stick with that - or most of it.
"Next season we'll go again and bring back the title to the best place in the world. We'll come back next year, that's exactly what Manchester United do."
Ferguson believes the controversial award of a free-kick against his side, who ended up only one point behind the Blues, in November's 1-0 defeat at Chelsea was the key moment in the title race.
Referee Martin Atkinson awarded a free-kick to Chelsea for a Darren Fletcher challenge on Ashley Cole, although television replays suggested the United midfielder won the ball cleanly, and John Terry headed the winner from the resulting set-piece.
"Perhaps crucially the decision down at Stamford Bridge was a bad one against us," he said.
"That has maybe swung the whole title around, if you think about it. There are many things you could talk about. But you can't agonise over these things.
"I used to do it but...if you look at all these twists and turns, you can torture yourself. Sometimes you get the breaks, sometimes you don't. It happens.
"At half-time (of United's last game of the season) I accepted Chelsea were going to be champions.
"We felt it would be difficult for Wigan to get something and when we heard they were down to 10 men, all our hopes evaporated.
"We applaud Chelsea. We know how hard it is to win the title - it's the hardest league in the world and we've won it for the last three years.
"I congratulate Carlo Ancelotti on a wonderful achievement. He's a good manager and a good guy."
Despite the title flop, Ferguson regards United's Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich as the biggest disappointment of the last campaign.
He added: "I look at the European Cup as our biggest disappointment. We should have been in the final.
"We were the better team and were fantastic here (at Old Trafford), we just didn't have the luck on the night and that's what can happen in football. You need a bit of luck."