The latest reports suggest that Manchester United are finally
set to clinch the signing of Dimitar Berbatov after offering
Fraizer Campbell plus money in exchange, but when a Sky Sports
reporter pressed Poyet on whether the Bulgarian has played his last
game for the club, he simply said: "You will know tomorrow."
Poyet was also asked whether he believes that new signing Roman
Pavluychenko and Darren Bent can provide sufficient firepower
up-front during the length of the campaign, to which he responded:
"Probably not. But there is a day and a half to go (until the
transfer window closes). I know the chairman is working very hard,
so let's see what happens."
Before Sunday's match at Chelsea, which ended in what was a
commendable 1-1 draw for Tottenham, the club's manager Juande Ramos
admitted that the ongoing Berbatov situation has contributed to
their false start to the season.
"You get the feeling that the sooner the whole thing is finished
the better," said the Spaniard.
"The chapter finally closes with the end of the transfer market. I
think there is going to be lots of reasonably furious action
between now and then."
He added: "Without a doubt, it has had an awful lot to do with the
start to the season.
"It would have been great to have been a lot calmer. But you have
to grin and bear it and get on with things.
"Certainly the ideal situation is that you get your squad settled
early, you work with all the players in the pre-season period."