Manchester United will sign £28m striker within DAYS: Injury crisis forces Sir Alex bid!
by Mr Comfort on August 7th, 2008
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It has been reported that Manchester United are going to meet Tottenham’s valuation of their Bulgarian striker very soon indeed, mainly because of injury concerns at Old Trafford.
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Manchester United’s pre-season injury crisis could force manager Sir Alex Ferguson to pay Tottenham’s full £28m asking price for Dimitar Berbatov. (Lancashire Evening Post)
SIR ALEX FERGUSON will step up his efforts to pry Dimitar Berbatov away from Tottenham after casting doubt on Wayne Rooney’s chance of starting the new season.
The Manchester United boss, who has declared victory in his battle to keep Cristiano Ronaldo at the club, expects to be without Rooney for the opening games of the campaign, with the striker battling a virus picked up in Nigeria.
That will leave Ferguson with just two senior strikers, Carlos Tevez and Louis Saha.
And the Red Devils boss, who insisted the virus was not malaria, said: “I doubt we’ll get Rooney fit for the start of the season with the virus he’s had.
“It’s a virus he picked up in Nigeria and it’s not a nice one, but quite a few have had it.
“It’s such a bad virus and he’s got to be training to be fit.” (Daily Post)
Spurs are resigned to losing the striker and are understood to be willing to do business with United once they have a replacement secured. (Manchester Evening News)
Well 28m seems like a fair price in today’s market and whilst Sir Alex was right to hold out it does seem from these reports that a deal will be struck very soon. Juande Ramos needs to find a replacement of course, but in order to do so he also needs the huge cash boost from the sale of Dimitar Berbatov in the first place. Manchester United will have a fearsome attack this coming season, even more so than in 07/08, now all they need to do is stop Cristiano Ronaldo from continually trying to force a move to Real Madrid! Do Red Devil fans think that Sir Alex can manage to fit Tevez/Rooney and Berbatov on the field of play at the same time?
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Tagged Under: Manchester United, Premier League, tottenham, Transfer Rumours
Berbatov - August 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Manure can fuck off
ICE - August 7th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Or you can die in pain
see ya berbs and keano!!!!!!!! - August 7th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
bye bye berba!! watch him throw his toys out when he’s not playing every week!! in Juande we trust!!
ksK - August 8th, 2008 at 12:15 am
berba will definitely not be the devils first choice if he signs. Why?
1) He has not started any friendly games with the team to pick up the momentum
2) Having him immediately as a first team regular will distrupt the team’s tactical flow
Most prob he will start against weak teams in home games
MODRIC LOOKS MENTAL - August 8th, 2008 at 12:23 am
hmm ksK think you are wrong there berba is TOP CLASS he would walk into the man u team at the moment, he doesnt need to be super match fit, I have watched him come on in the last two spurs friendlies an even playing in a sulk he has still showed his silky skills are intact.
you cant seriously think they would play 84 year old giggs instead of him, infact I think even with all your strikers fit he would be first choice because he is TOP DRAWER in terms of technique, arguably better than anyone in your squad. so give us the money already you dirty tightwads, 30 million is a steal, and we will go spend it on the russian double act of arshavin and pavulychenko.
Danny Salford Red - August 8th, 2008 at 7:39 am
You don’t pay 28 Million for a player to play in home games against weak teams my friend.
calvo - August 8th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Get him…FULL STOP!The guy is class and will add a touch of sheringham/cantona.allowing the likes of nani,CR,rooney & tevez to run of him.our variation of play wud be excellent.players like campbell & wellbeck wud also benefit from having some1 like him there from a technical point of view.and as 4 attitude ppl forget that fergie has managed the likes of andy cole,cantona,etc.so yeh snap him up and lets start the season as we ended the last.1st team:VDS/FOSTER(future england no.1),BROWN(to be replaced by R.DA SILVA),RIO,VIDIC,EVRA,CR,HARGREAVES,CARRICK,TEVEZ,BERBA,ROONEY.subs:SCHOLES,ANDERSON,NANI,GIGGS,ETC….
berbatov - August 8th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I will play for man united it is my dream
Sab - August 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Get Rakitic from Schalke to replace Scholes, he would be cheap and the perfect replacement!!!
chaz - August 8th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
He will flop.
Gale - August 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Berbatov will be first choice, like Tevez he might not have played with the team, but he has EPL experience, so he’s ready for competitive games. Whoever wrote this article probably picked this news from some football radio show yesterday morning, in which some journalist who claimed to have “very reliable” sources that cannot be revealed said Berbatov would be signing in 48-72hrs.