Manchester United's Scandinavian supporters' branch
claims they were to blame for the recent quotes attributed to Sir
Alex Ferguson talking about Dimitar Berbatov.
The group, who run a popular website in Norway, published quotes
from Ferguson which are in turn believed to have been carried by
some leading British newspapers.
Although the interview from Ferguson about Berbatov was claimed
as an exclusive by one newspaper, the webmaster for the supporters'
club feels they are to blame after misquoting the United boss.
"A feather has become 35 hens here. It might seem like we are to
blame for what has happened," admitted the branch's webmaster
Steinar Madsen to Aftonposten.
"We are to the blame in the sense how the interview was
presented. Ferguson didn't mention the name Berbatov when he was
interviewed by us.
"I would call it a misunderstanding. It was tricky conditions
for the interview.
"As journalists, you have probably experienced this yourself,
how it is to listen to the tape afterwards.
"That can cause problems and Ferguson's accent is not too easy to
understand to start with.
"Ferguson confirmed that United had tabled an offer.
"We assumed it was Berbatov he was talking about. We might have
taken it too far."
