TOTTENHAM striker Dimitar Berbatov will be offered a new
contract to make sure he stays at White Hart Lane. Berbatov has
become the hottest property in the Premiership, with Chelsea,
Liverpool and Manchester United believed to be hugely impressed by
his first season at Spurs. The Bulgarian hit-man is on
comparatively low money in Premiership terms. The four-year deal he
signed when he joined from Bayer Leverkusen for £10.9million last
summer is worth £22,000 a week.
That has alerted the Premiership's big guns and Spurs are moving
quickly to make sure that Berbatov's future does not turn into
another transfer saga. The club sold Michael Carrick to Manchester
United for £18.6m last summer after losing a battle to keep him and
are determined not to let that happen again.
It means Spurs may have to DOUBLE Berbatov's money but the player
and his agent Emil Dantchev have indicated to manager Martin Jol
and chairman Daniel Levy that he wants to stay. Berbatov has three
years left on his contract with an an option for a two-year
extension. Spurs captain Ledley King is believed to be the club's
top earner after signing a new £60,000-aweek four-year deal last
summer while striker Robbie Keane is just behind. Keeper Paul
Robinson is on a lucrative long-term deal.
