MANCHESTER UNITED tabled an official £20million
bid for Tottenham strike star Dimitar Berbatov last night. And Alex
Ferguson expects to wrap up the deal within the next week after
making his opening offer.
The United boss is in the market for a proven Premier
League goalscorer to play alongside Wayne Rooney next season.
Berbatov has been top of Fergie’s wanted list all year and now he
has turned his interest into a hard cash bid.
United are convinced they can lure the Bulgarian to Old
Trafford with the promise of Champions League football and an
£80,000- a-week pay packet. Berbatov, 27, is keen to move on to
bigger things after two years at White Hart Lane. He was a £10.9m
signing from Bayer Leverkusen in 2006 and has scored 46 goals in
two seasons with Spurs. But he fell out with Martin Jol last season
and has failed to impress new boss Juande Ramos with his
attitude.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy slapped a £30m price tag on
Berbatov when Fergie and United came sniffing in the January
window. But Ramos has already splashed more than £50m this year on
Luka Modric, Jonathan Woodgate, Alan Hutton, Heurelho Gomes,
Giovani Dos Santos, Chris Gunter, Gilberto and John Bostock.
And Spurs need funds to finance their £11m move for
Espanyol striker Luis Garcia. They will try to prise a few more
million out of United before finally agreeing to sell fans’
favourite Berbatov.
But Ramos has given his blessing. Emil Dantchev,
Berbatov’s agent, said: “I cannot make any comment until there is
official confirmation from Tottenham or United.”
