Levy details accusations against Man Utd and Liverpool over
Berbatov and Keane bids
Tottenham Hostpur have handed the Premier League a
dossier of evidence from the past year to back up their complaint
about Manchester United's pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov.
Sir Alex Ferguson has questioned the validity of comments
attributed to him last week regarding the Bulgaria striker but that
is understood to be only one of Spurs' concerns from over the past
12 months. The north London club have been angered by United and
Liverpool, who are interested in Robbie Keane, and the two clubs
will respond to the complaints before it is decided whether they
will face charges.
The Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has accepted that Berbatov and
Keane want to leave White Hart Lane but there is likely to be a
fall-out from the transfers if they go through, in the light of
Levy's accusations of "sheer arrogance" and "hypocrisy" levelled at
the United manager.
Spurs argue that United have broken Premier League rules in the
past year and are confident their evidence will support the
complaint. Berbatov, 27, interested United before moving to Spurs
from Bayer Leverkusen in 2006 and has been frequently linked with a
move to Old Trafford as he seeks to play Champions League football
after a successful start to his career in England.
Levy's criticism of Liverpool in his statement last week was
less harsh than his comments on United, although he has been upset
by Rafael Benítez before. In March 2006 the Liverpool manager
claimed Spurs were "desperate" to sell Jermain Defoe and buy
Djibril Cisse.