Former Tottenham ace Chris Waddle last night blasted
Dimitar Berbatov's conduct in trying to force his way out of White
Hart Lane. Waddle, who spent four years at Spurs before being sold
by Terry Venables to Marseille in 1988, is incensed at Berbatov's
behaviour.
As Mirror Sport reported yesterday, Barcelona are ready to
frustrate Manchester United by making a £24million bid for the
Bulgarian, who has made no secret of his desire to leave. But
Waddle, the newest member of the Setanta Sports commentary team,
accused Berbatov of trying to take the club for a ride.
Waddle said: "Berbatov is a class act but you wonder why these
guys sign four and five-year contracts? "Was his intention always
to play for one or two years and move on? FIFA should bring a law
in which says if you sign for five years, then you cannot leave
unless you have not played a certain amount of games.
"If you are not featuring, then fine, you can leave. But if
you're No.1 choice and playing 75 per cent of the games, not
counting injury, the club should have the right to keep you.
"Berbatov wants to go. Maybe if he doesn't go, he'll spit the dummy
out and sulk until January."