MANCHESTER UNITED are set to pull the plug on their bid
to sign Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov.
United have become aware that Spurs are willing to sell the
Bulgarian to any club BUT themselves despite the European champions
making a £20million bid for the player.
And the asking price could soar to £38m after United’s interest
provoked a public spat between Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and Sir
Alex Ferguson over alleged tapping-up of Berbatov, with Tottenham
lodging a formal complaint with the Premier League.
That prompted the United boss to threaten to take legal action
against Levy but the fall-out is now that Berbatov’s desired move
to Old Trafford looks doomed.
Fergie has already begun to look at alternative strikers who
could act as a foil to Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez.
Among those he has watched have been Ajax hitman Klass-Jan
Huntelaar and Blackburn’s Roque Santa Cruz — both also chased
by Arsenal.