Dimitar Berbatov's agent put many top flight clubs on red alert recently when he announced that the Bulgarian is ready to leave his current club, Tottenham Hotspur, to seek Champions League football.
To compound this claim, Spurs manager Juande Ramos stated that, if the right price is offered by another club, then they would not stand in his way if he sought to leave.
The 27 year old would definitely be on the shopping list of many clubs this summer if he does choose to leave and one that is most likely to approach him is the team I support Manchester United.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been rumoured to admire the prolific striker but the question I pose, as I did to my friends, is would you like to see him there?
I love watching Berbatov play. The guy literally oozes class. He just drifts and floats around the pitch and it seems like he can do it all. Set up attacks, finish them, pass well and even hold it up so that he brings other strike partners into the game. This season he has scored 15 league goals alone, quite a figure considering that Spurs lack any kind of creative midfielder. I can see why United fans want him there, and why Chelsea fans also hope he may come their way. He would be quite a force.
But, I just do not want to see him at United. Let him go to Chelsea, or Milan or wherever. To me it just seems that Berbatov has just become sick of the situation he has found himself in, and because it now suits him he wants to leave.
Now if he turned around and said 'I WANT to play for Manchester United, i probably wouldn't be writing this. But instead he just wants to go and play for any team who is competing in the Champions League. To me it seems like he has no loyalty, and if you remember, United did try to sign him before he joined Spurs but refused because he was not promised first team football.
After the titanic trouble of signing Carlos Tevez last summer which still needs to be completed, I think he deserves his chance to forge a strong partnership with Wayne Rooney and become a first choice striker. I don't want to see him relegated to the bench in place of £30-£40 million signing Berbatov.
And if it so happened that if he joined United and lets say, went through a run of bad form and was forced to sit out a few games, would he then become sick of his situation at United and look for another transfer? That is the main reason for me not wanting Berbatov at United, even if he does have the potential to become a legend in the mould of Van Nistlerooy or Cantona.
Another reason I don't want to see a player like Berbatov at United is because I think he would slow down the new found pace we have played with since Van Nistlerooy's departure. United are blisteringly quick on the counter attack, with Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez, Nani and Anderson all pretty quick with and without the ball. So maybe he would slow down that system and we would become more one dimensional, and so easier to defend against.
Now I'm not saying Berbatov doesn't deserve to be at a top club, i'm a massive fan, and United do need a goalscorer, but someone in the mould of Torres or Benzema would be more welcome. Tevez has too much quality and United went through too much trouble to get him for him to be sitting on the bench. I think Fergie should take a leaf from Wenger's book and maybe try sign some young talent or even give the impressive Manucho a chance.
Whats the betting he will end up at United anyway? Ferguson is ruthless when it comes to signing the best strikers and Berbatov falls into that category. Unless he finds a way to play all three strikers together, and admittedly that would be mouth watering, Ill be unhappy to say the least...
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2 months ago
Good point, but then again, its 21st century football and most of the players out there are looking for the fame, cash, silverware, etc... I mean, a few years ago, people used to think David Beckham was the heart and soul of United. He was a red devil born and bred. But look what happend. Peope also used to think Henry was the symbol of Arsenal and would stay there for life. But that didnt work out. Don't get me wrong, every once in a while you will get the likes of Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes who are committed to the team and have only ever dreamed of playing for that team, but thats more and more rare nowadays.
As for Berbatov in United, i think he would be fantastic with either Rooney or Tevez (do not see how all three of them can play together), but if he does join United and starts scoring some goals then i see him in the centre of the attack with either Tevez or Rooney running around partnering him and feeding him with passes. True, there is no force on Earth that can make Berbatov run as much as Tevez runs, but in a team like Manchester United you need players of both styles.
Right now, United has a heck of a fast midfield, but most of the time its up to Ronaldo to score goals
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