Manchester United £32m STAR signing BACK ON: There is only one problem!
by Mr Comfort on August 3rd, 2008 217 words | 43 commentsSir Alex badly wants this Tottenham talisman but there could be one rather large obstacle in the way of the move!
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Manchester United are stepping up their bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov.
The Observer says United’s summer-long pursuit of Berbatov “is back on the agenda”, according to a source at Old Trafford – but with Tottenham holding out for more than £30m, “the problem is the price”. (tribalfootball.com)
So if the major problem blocking this move is the Bulgarian’s valuation then we aren’t really any nearer to this deal being completed. Spurs have said time and again they won’t back down on their asking price which is thought to be in the region of £32m so unless Ferguson decides to pay more then maybe Barcelona, also interested in the 28 year old, will decide to firm up their interest. Whilst it’s hard to judge who’s estimation is nearer the mark, clearly the north London club have a right demand what they feel is suitable for a player of Dimitar’s quality. However will Daniel Levy be happy if he is left with a player who doesn’t want to play for the club? What do Manchester United and Spurs fans think is a fair price for Berbatov?
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Nick - August 3rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I think 32m is a fair price!
RJ - August 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Nick, are you crazy? 32m is fair price? He is already 27. If I were SAF, i wouldn’t pay more than 28 m.
Babel - August 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
babel babel bitch bitch!!
Jimmy The Weed - August 3rd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I would let Spurs keep him. Levy, the muppet is living in cloud-cuckoo land. I would like United to sign the Berbster but I definately would not pay more than £24M for him. I think that we should promote Campbell and Manucho and let spurs keep Berbatov
secka - August 3rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
come on it is just 2m plz sir alex ferguson you can do it i have belive in you come i like berbatov a lot i also watch his video thinking that we will get him it is worth it
rohail - August 3rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
he is 27 and worth no more than 25m especially when you consider henry was 16.1m last year – just shows clubs always expect united to pay over the odds
rohail - August 3rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
i meant 20m not 25
Jimmy The Weed - August 3rd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I agree actually, really £20M should be our limit. In fact I think we should just tell Levy to piss off for reporting us for tapping up. Look at what Real Madird have been doing all summer with Ronaldo !!! Now THAT is tapping up. Promote Manucho and Campbell and tell Levy to go and play hardball with himself
michael - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Comment five u can’t say its just 2 million when u proboly don’t av 100,000 and second u sound really gay I av faith in u fergie HA HA
Fuck the Manc’s !!! liverpool 2 win the prem
Faraz - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I want Berbatov join manutd but 32m is not right price.I think 25m is enough
Maik - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I agree with Jimmy. We should be spending the money on a back up for Ronaldo, who will be leaving probably next season… so Menez may be a good investment or some other young player of that sort.
chaz - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Man utd are shit
Looking for excuses - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
What is this myth about age:
Not all of these were as old as 27 (and yes some were better than Berbatov) but consider this lot that were 30 million plus GBP; and consider the year also.
ManUre will pay whatever they think is “real” to be successful. I really don’t think they worry about price. 56 million GBP for Ferdinand and Rooney is sentiment to that.
Rank Player € millions Year
1 Zinedine Zidane 76 2001
2 Luís Figo 58.5 2000
3 Hernán Crespo 53.6 2000
4 Gianluigi Buffon 49.2 2001
5 Christian Vieri 48.3 1999
6 Andriy Shevchenko 46.5 2006
7 Pavel Nedv?d 46.2 2001
Looking for excuses - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I’m not saying not to Bervatov because he’s too old, I just think that a right winger would be much more welcomed because once CR leaves there will be an open spot, and I suggested a younf player like Menez because not many 27-28 year old players would like to spend a whole season on the bench, plus that way SAF can teach some lessons to the guy, like he did with nani, a player who was already great when he went to ManU, but lacked the brains, but after a couple of months showed how much can a player improve in such a short time.
BTW, chaz, I didn’t know you liked shit so much… weird.
Matt - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
chaz, you are a dickead! 25 m and no more is a fair price.
beni - August 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Please sir Alex sing ETO’O or BENZEME the y both neddet man Utd.
funkychunkymonke - August 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
ALL U MUPPETS WHO DONT THINK BERBA IS WORTH 30MIL PLUS, NEED UR HEAD TESTING!RONALDO WORTH 60MIL PLEASE!32MIL FOR TEVEZ!IF U WANT HIM PAY UP OR SHUT UP!SIMPLE.IF U DA BIGGEST CLUB IN DA WORLD U SHOULD HAV NO PROBLEMS,SHOULD U!!!!!!!
Ross - August 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Who said Berbatov doesn’t want to play for the club? Has he said that or handed in a transfer request? I believe he has a year left on his contract with an option of extention by the club.
Ross - August 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Levy, fuck off
Red Rupert - August 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Christ, this has drawn the intellegensia out hasn’t it?
Jimmy The Weed - August 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Funkychunkymonkey – If I was fergie I would say – ‘Nah you’re right, thanks. Keep him. Tight-fisted upstart Daniel Levy has overplayed his hand. Loser-club-Tottenham can kiss our collective wooly arses and keep Berbatov – you’ll never win bugger all anyway. £32M ? Get a grip It’s £20 or go and find some other mugs to pretent to be hard-bargainers with.
Chaz – “Man Utd are shit” ??? hmmm very intelligent. Who do you support, so that we can compare footballing achievements of the last 20 years?
Michael – Liverpool to win the Prem? You’ve got more chance of platting fog , you bin-dipping, rat-eating pikey
Wow - August 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
liverpool 2 win the prem oh god are you serious ahahahahah oh my god no hahahahaha wow theres tears in my eyes hhahahaha liverpool ..win..ahahahahahah!!!
Anonymous - August 4th, 2008 at 1:11 am
lets sign eto’o
Wayne Rooney - August 4th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Ok. Berbatov is a good player, even 25 million is pushing his limit. He’s 27, maybe he’ll stay at his peak for a couple more years. Thats max, it will be a waste of spending that much, go for Huntelaar, or Aguero, some youngster, with although contradictory, some experience. SAF wants to play Rooney with a traditional CF, but the Tevez-Rooney combo is working, why change that?
Maik - August 4th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Agree with Wayne. I think the best invertion for now would be a winger, since CR will be leaving, if not this season, the next one. A guy like Menez, who can play on both sides, or up front, who’s fast and has a nice eye for goal. He doesn’t have the brains probably, but Nani was pretty much like him when he was bought, and look at him now. Not CR, but give him some time.
Jonathan - August 4th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Guys,
27 years is a great age and you normally get a player at his peak – but re-sale value is very low – buying young players like Ronaldo, Ferdinand, Rooney, Anderson, Nani, Evra etc – was money in the bank and they can be sold on with good profit – Berba although a great p[layer – in 2 – 3 years time will not sell for more than 8 – 10 mil – and that is why AGE is the issue – nothing to do with talent. Utd have invested well in the buyimng recently and although the have spent a l;ot – they can almost re-coup all their spendings if need be – and success in the offices is as important as that on the pitch if the wages being paid today can be substantiated. It is no easy task to win, and balance the bnooks – ask MILAN, REAL, ROMA, JUVE etc etc.
JAustralia - August 4th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Dimitar is a great player, dont get me wrong. But 32mil for any 27-28year old is paying over the odds. I dont remember what price the rumour mongers were putting on Benzema’s head earlier this summer, but surely it wasnt TOO much more than that.
If SAF is considering 32mil for Dimitar, then it would certainly be worth contemplating the extra few million at the most for someone like Karim.
If it must be Dimitar, then our supposed bid of 24mil is already on the “too much” cusp. NO more than that please.
Dave - August 4th, 2008 at 10:41 am
If Tevez is costing United 35 million, then even taking into acount Berba is 27, he is worth at least this sum. Put up, or shut up Fergie you piss head.
Jimmy The Weed - August 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Berbatov worth at least the same as Tevez? You’re having a laugh Dave you London-Loser – and Fergie has said a lot less than you bunch of money-grubbing tw*ts so I don’t know whay you’re saying ‘put up or shut up’. keep Berba, you’re still gonna win jack-shit so long as you’ve got a hole in you’re arse
Roberto - August 4th, 2008 at 11:08 am
I think Messi has a £35 mill buy out clause. I would far rather spend more and have him
) Berbatov is good but not more than 24-26.
RAY - August 4th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Y ou cannot compare Tevez with berbatov,both are totally different players, while tevez is a hard working player and can make a goal and younger than Berbatov,he is a classy sriker.Berbatov is a gifted player and he don’t need to work hard for the ball,he is a creator he can score fantastic goals and yet again he can feed other players to make a goal.If I had a choice i would go for Berbatov but than again I will also go for Tevez.
Yid - August 4th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The point is Levy wants to keep Berbatov NOT sell him so buy upping the asking price and scaring united off he’s attempting to keep Berbatov, not sell him for the highest price
ANON - August 4th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
JIMMY THE WEED GROW UP
stevey - August 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
JIMMY THE WEED coming online spouting rubbish like that to make yourself look big and clever while hiding behind your computer screen u tool? berba can stay at spurs for as long as he wants in my opinion, when he is on his game he is not only better than tevez but better than any striker i can think of, however tevez is a much more consistent performer
southern spur - August 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Let’s let him go to Barca for considerably less. After all, I believe Levy is only making the point that we are not going to be held to ransom by teams we are closely competing with. Although the mancs of this world will disagree, the recent matches between the two sides has shown that the gap in class is certainly narrowing and…… COYS!!!
Anonymous - August 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
All I can say is that I hope SAF agrees with all you muppets that he’s not worth £32m and tells Levy to fuck off, and then we can keep him.
Go and spend your money on that rat-faced Argentinian vampire instead.
Glad we’re all agreed!
Park Lane Yid - August 4th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Alex ferguson has got abig red dangley ballsack that looks just like his nose. Nowadays instead of the hairdryer treatment he makes the worst performing players lay on the changing room floor and teabags them one at a time.Rumours are that rooney actually enjoys this punishment hence him playing like a cnut for most of last season.
Jimmy The Weed - August 4th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Yeah yeah yeah but all said and done , between me ‘hiding behind my computer’ (hahahaha) and Sir Alex’s big red ballsack, we’ll be challenging for the Prem and the CL (again) and you bunch of jellied-eel munching chimney sweeps won’t win anything better than a throw-in all season waaaaaaaagh!!!
555555-1 - August 4th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
TO ANONYMOUS THE THING IS FERGIE WANTS BERBI BECAUSE HE IS BETTER THAN ROONEY AND TEVEZ PUT TOGETHER YOU DIP SHIT
Stevzie - August 4th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
The only real way to value a player is to look at the prices of other reasonably similar players moving clubs in the same market (ie. where english clubs are the buyers). Furthermore, this debate on age being the most important criteria (other than the player’s actual ability of course) in determining the value of a player is missing another major factor – Risk.
There is less risk in signing Berbatov than, say, Nani or Andersen a year ago, because he is now proven in the Premiership over 2 seasons and so SAF can be much more confident he won’t have any issues settling into the supposedly more physical style of english football. This is an area in which he has messed up before when signing south americans – witness the likes of Forlan, Kleberson, Veron etc – they were never able to adapt. Therefore, there is a premium attached to Berbatov’s price when comparing to other foreign signings, namely Andersen in this case . If you’re willing to pay £17m for a south american midfielder (over whom there is a degree of risk that he won’t adapt) then you should be willing to pay significantly more for a striker with a proven record in the Prem. Plus the fact he is a striker not a midfielder, the position which has always commanded the highest price, pushes his fee further beyond that £17m mark. Plus add a years inflation to Andersen’s 2007 transfer fee.
Given all of the above, I don’t think its unreasonable to value Berbatov at £25-£28m. Man City signed a relatively unknown Brazilian striker, Jo, for £18m (an international admittedly, but unproven in the Prem). Thats the market these days. So those Man U fans who say £20m for Berbs and no more are clueless. Yes, Levy is playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship where if he pushes too hard we may end up stuck with a player who clearly doesn’t want to play for us but if the club has a valuation in mind then that’s it, you have to try for that value. It is a commercial enterprise after all.
What! - August 5th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea are all shit!!
We are the champions of Europe. Ha Ha Ha
MagFinnPie - August 5th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Stevzie has a good thoughts there… someone mentioned re-sale value, why does ManU have to worry about that, they hardly ever sell their best players in their prime(exl.ronnie perhaps), its only the smaller clubs who sell their best players (ie Spuds)
even 32M£ is a decent price for Berbs, 20+ goals and many assists for a poor team last season (especially poor midfield) imagine what kind of figures he can reach with ManU + he has no major injury history which is rare thing…
spindle - August 5th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Yeah, I’ll go along with £32M but I think Fergie is right to play hardball.
It is a huge figue, half utd’s operating profit last year! Hope he comes for less than £28M but if we have to pay £32M to get him, fair enough.