Louis van Gaal has dampened suggestions that Bayern Munich have an inferiority complex as they prepare for Tuesday night's Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash with Manchester United.
In fact, van Gaal, the former Dutch national coach, insists Alex Ferguson's side have more reason to be afraid of the Bundesliga outfit than the German giants do of their 1999 Champions League final conquerors.
Despite van Gaal's positive spin on proceedings he does accept Wayne Rooney's talent will be hard to quell.
"I never have fear and my players don't have any fear either," Van Gaal said.
"We value Rooney's quality. He is a super footballer.
"When he was younger, I often wondered whether he had the vision in his game.
"He has developed that now and is very hard to mark out of the game.
"But we can manage because we also have quality. Ferguson and his players should be scared of that."