Dimitar Berbatov hopes his future at Tottenham will be
resolved today after his agent flew in to London for crisis talks
with sporting director Damien Comolli. Berbatov has become
unsettled at White Hart Lane and it is believed his representative,
Emil Dantchev, will be discussing the possibility of the striker
being sold in January.
The 26-year-old Bulgarian, who joined from Bayer Leverkusen for
£10.9million in July last year, was the subject of a bid worth a
reported £39m from Manchester United in the summer and has since
regretted not being able to go to Old Trafford.
He was given a pay rise to take away some of his disappointment,
with his salary being doubled from £22,000 to £44,000-a-week, but
he has yet to sign an extension to his existing deal, which expires
in 2010. Dantchev is refusing to reveal what the talks are about
but admitted he hopes the meeting will prove beneficial for his
star client.
Berbatov, who was dropped to the bench for the 1-1 draw at
Middlesbrough on Saturday, has told some of his close friends that
he would be willing to stay until the end of the season. Former
manager Martin Jol revealed yesterday that Berbatov's ambitions had
made him question his place at Spurs after their poor start to the
season.
He said: "Berba came to me after the first two defeats and said
'Boss, I want to achieve something. I'm not worse than Eto'o or
Rooney or Tevez,' and he's right. But I told him he had to make
the difference and win us prizes, that he needed to be more
consistent."
