Sir Alex Ferguson has cranked up the title climax by blaming rivals City for the âinsaneâ transfer market. The Manchester United manager is already planning his response to Cityâs emergence as a major force in the game by recruiting two or three players in the summer. But he insists that United cannot compete with their neighbourâs financial muscle and sees no end to the unequal contest. Ferguson, virtually resigned to losing his Premier League crown to Roberto Manciniâs side, said: âItâs been an insane transfer market for a long time and I think clubs like City create that. âThey can buy all the players and put a marker on all the players and that makes it difficult for clubs then to be reasonable. Thereâs no chance of that calming down and I donât see how the financial fair play can work. No-one can match Cityâs financial power â no-one. We have to accept that, so we do it a different way. Weâll try to look at young players with the potential to develop in the club, which weâre good at, so weâll stay with that.â United want to strengthen in midfield, where Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs are inevitably running out of steam. Tottenhamâs Luka Modric, Swanseaâs on-loan Gylfi Sigurdsson and Lilleâs Eden Hazard are all on Fergieâs radar. But City have been tracking Hazard too and United know from the painful experience of losing out on Samir Nasri last summer that the Eastland coffers can swing almost any deal. United may also need to replace striker Dimitar Berbatov, although Ferguson maintains the Bulgarian, along with Scholes, could still be in his squad next season. âWeâll assess where we are going in terms of players,â Ferguson said. âWeâll no doubt be bringing players in. Maybe two or three, who knows? It depends on the type of market weâre dealing with and player availability. But Scholes and Giggs are coming to the end so itâs a fact that we have to guard against that. Itâs difficult to think you can get a Giggs or Scholes falling off trees. âTom Cleverley has got fantastic potential and Michael Carrick has still got years left in him. But weâll probably add someone to the squad. âThereâs nothing settled for Berbatov. âWeâre waiting for someone to make an offer. He wonât go for nothing.â With the benefit of hindsight, Ferguson is beginning to think United let Cristiano Ronaldo go on the cheap to Real Madrid â even at a world record fee of £80m. The Scot said: âYou can only assess value on success. Like Real Madrid with Ronaldo. Theyâll be saying âweâd have paid £160m for him with all heâs doneâ. At more than a goal a game heâs been a fantastic buy for them. At the time we thought £80m was not bad. Now Iâm saying to myself it should have been a lot more.â United go into todayâs home match against Swansea hoping Newcastle will have denied City victory at St Jamesâ Park to give the title race another twist. Ferguson said: âIt looks like weâre going to lose the League on goal difference and you look at the three goals we lost to City in the last three minutes at Old Trafford. âThen that crazy, absolutely stupid game against Everton when we threw it away. You can analyse where you think you lost it or won it, but it could come down to goal difference and Gary Neville may be right when he says thatâs the worst nightmare.â