Whilst there is nothing official on either of the club’s websites yet, Dimitar Berbatov’s agent, Emil Danchev, has confirmed that the Bulgarian is now a Fulham player.
“Dimitar has passed medical tests and then signed with Fulham,” he said. “Since yesterday we informed you that he firmly chose Fulham. Now is that everything is one hundred percent complete. Today was purely formal. Berbatov hopes for success in his new team. Martin Jol is very happy that the two will work together again after Tottenham.”
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Stay classy Berba.
All the best Dimitar Berbatov. Thanks for the amazing memories you leave us with.
Good luck to a great player and even better person.
i dont know how people will react to this, but I am sad Berba is leaving..he will always have a special place in my heart
Berbaclass joins them after they play against us, never wanting to turn the screw.
Top player top top man never mind we still have ashley young WOW
Go get em Berba. Glad you snubbed Juventus. I hope you see much success at Fulham. And we still get to see Berba highlights regularly. A win win win for all I think.
Massively underrated and under appreciated by many, but a genius in the eyes of any decent football fan. Good luck Dimi, thanks for the memories. It was a pleasure to watch you play.
All the best for the remainder of your career Dimi.
another great transfer by fergie bought for 32 mill sold for peanuts wasted on bench.the future for rooney maybe,guess when you got lots of money to waste its no problem.
A disappointing return on our investment. I thought he was going to be a magnificent signing. In all fairness he is a modal professional. We see players like Ashley Cole and Joey Barton among others that make you think “fucking hell” about footballers but people like Dimi renew your optimism.
His Golden boot brought us 19. He was worth every penny.
all the best u were a great player just didnt work out at united…top pro though….ha just havn a laugh at citeh group…and the fact that they are signing players like richard wright and sinclair…joke of a club, just doin that to get sum english contigent in…johnston was a far better player than sinclair and fuck me wright must be about 80 now….even rodwell isnt gona break into that midfireld…not that i give a shit…swansea got the better deal with pablo hernandez…what a player….disapointed we didnt get dembele fergie missed the boat there could easily bid 10 plus berba for that….so bit disapointed and think fergie will regret that….good to see evans and especially fletch back plain…we really miss fletch and i think he will put a lot of pressure on carrick now as kagawa is a starter for sure however who knows with fergie and his tinker tactics…hope the big lad sticks to his word in playing his strongest team in the champs league
Thanks berbatov will never forget that hat-trick against the historians, technically gifted player who’s first touch is sublime, or well city liverpool can feel your wrath twice:-) goodluck at fulham
He is surely going to score at lest once against us at the Cottage now.
Juventus general director Beppe Marotta:
“For Bendtner we are nearly there. Tomorrow there will be a medical and then if all goes well the contract signing.”
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ! ! !
Marotta also said:
“There was no surprise with Berbatov, these are situations that have happened although rarely in the past and he did not make a good impression. We have not committed any impropriety and we look forward with confidence.”
Bendtner or Berbatov? Mmmmm … what a poser.
Hope it works out for him. Never understood the bile some fans poured on him. His magical touch, vision, creativity and football intelligence are amazing, and on top of that, the man is cool beyond belief. In a way, pleased that he’s staying in the PL because at least I’ll still get to see him play every now and then. would have liked to see him get a run next to RVP.
Good luck Berba!
You were underestimated but real United fans know your true worth. You left us with precious memories of sublime skill.
The model professional.
Well said DreadedRed
All the best Berb.
You never let the club down & always kept a dignified silence despite perhaps not being treated as well as you deserved.
pepe reina pmsl bet the press dont make a big song and dance over that
Thanks for so many memories! Dimitar Berbatov was a pleasure to have in our team. A great player and class player.
Hattrick home to ‘pool, far and away my fondest memory. But Golden boot while benched for final 7 games was probably his greatest achievement as a red.
I will definitely look after Dimitars results going forward. Many good days ahead and fair calls …
except against us!
I liked Berbatov as a person and the way he conducted himself on and off the pitch, but he was never quite good enough for United. He had very little impact on big games and scored few decisive goals. I wish him the best of luck, but not sure why so many fans raved on about him.
Thanks Berba, I’ll miss you in the red of Utd, but will follow you for Fulhams, good luck.
As for Reina, LOL, he’s always had those mistakes in him, don’t know why he’s rated, imagine if that had’ve been De Gea.
Manchester United will play Newcastle United in the 3rd round of the Capital One Cup..
Much respect for how he treated our club and how he turned down shitty for us. I always admired his style of play and the control and skills he had. Shame the team were just evolving into a different style and he never truely fitted in. Some great memories tho. Like his hattrick against the scum!
goodluck berb all the best. Just hope he doesnt get a brace of form against us!
We play them mad geordies in the capital one crap
Oh & StR, thanks for the local slags pop up
I’ll miss you, Berbanator. Your every touch oozes class, and it’s a commonly known fact that you have the best first touch in futbol. You were one of the classiest players Manchester United has every had the privilege to call their own and I wish you all the best.
And the though of you and Dempsey combining up front makes my American mouth water!
My username seems to have been a real jinx to my two favourite United players from the past few years!
At least Berba didn’t… ah, why bother. I’m going to miss him so much.
http://bit.ly/SZ1Ai7
Proverb
cheers mate
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Aug/capital-one-cup-draw-for-manchester-united.aspx
StateSide Aussie @ 21:38: “pleased that he’s staying in the PL because at least I’ll still get to see him play every now and then”
Right, and let’s hope that he does UTD a favour by helping Fulham defeat TheVermin, CSKALondon, TheArse, and ManShitty, too
Does make you a bit sad to see Berba leave, but all the memories & great moments he brought will undoubtably last in all our minds.
berba.wot i love most in u is da way u ar so cool and understanding..if it were ant otheir player he will start making noise…dat he is nt seeing match..but god is going to pay u back 4 ur gud…i have never see and player so cool and understanding like u…..evan our rooney..and I can’t 4get wot u did to liverpool with ur hattric…i wish u best of luck
Class player. Pure professional. Loved United and still does. He will fake an injury when we go to Craven Cottage.
All the best Dimi. Remember that one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwtryAVohqs
Class player but just not cut out for our style of play.
Personally don’t think he’d fit in at a big club, he reminds me a lot of riquilme in that sense.
All the best Berba. Thanks for your professionalism, your class and your contribution. A United player through and through.
I will miss him. And in all likelyhood, those that only popped up in here to take shots at him (you know who you are), will miss him even more.
A donkey for £35m
Dimitar Berbatov for £4m
Really . . . ?
That newcastle game will be tricky. Tricky enough to give the manager a dilemma in terms of giving all the younger players a game or mixing them with experience. We really need to play a lot better in the league cup in order to give the youth more chances.
Good to u Berbatov. You re a true professional. Thanks for the memories!
Off topic: to all those who keep slagging fans here for calling the club man u, Philip Neville just called us man u on his twitter account. Does that make him a bitter or bin dipper?
really disappointed
Goodbye Berba, please don’t score against us later this season
seriously though, gutted to see such a top guy and a professional leave, he fought and fought and fought but he was overlooked too often.
LFC win a trophy, so the sponsors pull out!
League Cup Head Honcho:
“In this brand new competition, we have binned our recent, rather murky past.”
Phi Neville is certainly not a bitter or bin dipper.
Those cretins would be trolling United blogs trying to rile the locals.
Berbatov really became one of my favorite players in 2009/10. I began to see how calm and intelligent he was. His touch was so smooth that even really simple first touches and passes looked so good. Then came the start of 2010/2011 and I think everyone who claims that Berbatov never fitted into our team should check the full 90 minutes of these games. He was a key part of the team.
Last season was really frustrating for him. Although he showed that he needs no match fitness to play well. It’s better that he moves on now, since he would get no chances for some reason. He would just rot on the bench, or even that… maybe in the stands. So this is good news, since we get to watch Berbatov take points from our rivals.
@Mannings – It’s like this. He came from Spurs for over £30 million (inflated due to City’s late interest). Turned down City to join United for less wages. When he got here he was in a team with Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez, and he didn’t shine through all of that firepower. He became the victim of a witch hunt during his first season over his price tag.
Then Tevez and Ronaldo left, and Rooney became the main man up front. Berba assisted loads of goals for him in 09/10, and netted a few himself. In the 10/11 season, after the World Cup, when Rooney was miles away in his head, Berba switched on, scored 19 goals before January, including that hattrick against the Pool. In January, Fergie started to pair Rooney and Hernandez to Berba’s loss, but he still contributed very well, such as scoring the winner against Bolton after coming on. That was a vital goal at the time.
He didn’t have a good FA Cup semi final against City, missing a complete sitter, and I think Fergie punished him for that by making one of the worst decisions he ever made as a manager, putting Owen on the bench instead of Berba, then not using him at all. In the 11/12 season, Berba barely played but scored 7 goals if I remember correctly, but Fergie just overlooked him all season. At Fulham he will get a lot more playtime and if he gets enough service he will score a lot of goals.
The reason people, like me, raved about him was because of the command he had over the ball when he got it, and the fact that when he WAS the main man, not Rooney, he delivered, but still was eventually dropped to the bench by Fergie regardless. Still, even with that in mind, he has never claimed to be mistreated. The lad is just a class act in a game filled with egotistic overpaid assholes. He’ll be missed.
berbgreaves
Lindegea and Cleverson will fill that mantle for you.
Dela
Tremendous comment sir.
The Guardian’s figures:
Dimitar Berbatov joined from Manchester United for £5m, but £110,000-a-week wage demands will compromise Fulham’s pay structure, which has a £50,000 ceiling.
Dimi plays with head in the clouds, ain’t no ceiling gonna keep him down.
At least the Bulgarian won’t be subjected to vulgarian abuse from many his ‘fans’ any more.
You go Dimi, set the League alight.
@DreadedRed
I think he took a big paycut mate. Perhaps he settled for 50.000 per week. It would be interesting to find out how much Juve were offering. Couldn’t agree more with your last 2 sentences by the way.
I can watch THAT trick against West Ham a million times and still hold my breath when he’s executing it real-time on the video
Outrageous, brilliant, not many on par with that anywhere, let alone the PL
Collins will always remember it, probably in his every nightmare, the improvisation is absurd
It’s a sad day for pure football lovers carrying the United flag
Thank you, Mitko for all you’ve given to United and us, the fans
Jol on Berbatov:
“I’m a very happy man and I think our fans will be very happy and proud because it is probably the biggest in the history of the club, that is how I feel. He has got a very good record, if you look at his record internationally, and if you look at his record at Manchester United.”
“I said in my last period at Spurs he would go over my dead body – I’m still here and so is he.”
Fulham have the bargin of the season. 4m is peanuts for a world class player. The reason for such a bargin is the way sir Alex has treated him . Welbeck and Chico will never reach berbas class. Good lick Berba
Good luck Berba I’ll be PVRing all Fulham games from now on love watching play,one of the best strikers in the world
End of story
Dimitar Berbatov was the kind of human being that would restore your faith in football players. He scored some great goals at United and won two Premier League titles. Well done Berba and best of luck. I will always remember you fondly.
He’ll lick them good Georgejoseph. Of that I am certain.
Costas you should not the micky of a fellow cypriot
Sad that he won’t be playing at OT this season to recieve the ovation he deserves.
… Well in the league that is.
Costas – it does seem likely that Dimi took a big pay cut. Maybe not though.
I’m guessing that there will be a signing-on perk, taken from the Dembele envelope.
Also, he knows Jol, and he knows England/Premiership.
That makes him worth more to Fulham, but also makes it easier for him to accept a bit less.
I guess that Fulham has a small fanbase with a direct connection to the club, unlike United who have fans everywhere that aren’t exactly sure where Manchester is. Berbatov will hopefully face far less fickle fans. Anyway, he will surely start in most games, and soon will have a cult following there.
@Georgejoseph
I’d never pal. It was just a play with words. I couldn’t resist.
@DreadedRed
Your posts were hilarious. Who in their right mind would compare Bendtner. To Berba. I guess he had to put some lipstick on the pig to pretty it up. Bendtner is always at least half a step behind the play.
Costas- only joking – you are from limissol?
LoneStarRed – cheers mate! Bendtner a mule foal, Berbatov is a pedigree stallion.
It’s a one-horse race.
@Georgejoseph
Greece actually. I live in Athens. I didn’t point out the difference earlier because I do consider us as one nation. Glad to find a Cypriot here.
I admit, I never suspected it given your username.
@DreadedRed
I suspect he will start a lot of games too. He’s a difference maker as far as Fulham are concerned. And like Wayne, I think I might keep an eye out for them this season. Just to see what he’s up to.
The recently banished Mark Ogden (Telegraph)
‘Fletcher has made impressive progress since returning to training in recent weeks and is now challenging for a place in the Champions League squad, which must be submitted next Monday. However, one of Federico Macheda or Bebe is likely to miss out on a place because of numbers available and the fact that Rafael and Danny Welbeck can no longer be submitted as B List players having been born before Jan 1, 1991.’
I’ll be keeping a close eye as well, he retains my complete respect.
Awe to follow shortly, no doubt.
@ GeorgeJoseph
I disagree and agree re Welbeck and Chica. They have different roles and different skills. As a hold up striker with sublime touch neither can touch Berba. But as off the shoulder players who play all over the field WITH ENTHUSIAM ,track back, and make dummy runs while working in tandem Berba is not their equal. And that is why he is now at Fulham. Make no mistake I LOVE watching his highlights but his skills set and propensities are incongruous to how SAF wants it done.
All the same, I too will watch more Fulham games now and I suspect there will be many more who will as well.
A huge bargain for Fulham! And a kiss off to Juventus.
@ GeorgeJoseph
I disagree and agree re Welbeck and Chica. They have different roles and different skills. As a hold up striker with sublime touch neither can touch Berba. But as off the shoulder players who play all over the field WITH ENTHUSIAM ,track back, and make dummy runs while working in tandem Berba is not their equal. And that is why he is now at Fulham. Make no mistake I LOVE watching his highlights but his skills set and propensities are incongruous to how SAF wants it done.
All the same, I too will watch more Fulham games now and I suspect there will be many more who will as well.
A huge bargain for Fulham! And a kiss off to Juventus.
The best player I have seen at utd since cantona..underated by Ferguson who never had the courage to play to bebas strengths. The guy was pure class..wasted talent. Good luck berba and If u do score a couple past us its nothing short of what we deserve after the way we treated u.
Good to read all your great comments on berbatov
Berbatov. The right player in the wrong team. The game ran too fast for you at Utd. Just a shame you get moved on when we get a player like Kagawa that can put the breaks on. Will get shit for this but would move Wazzer on to the virus if you were a couple of years youngr
Good move for Berba, He’ll work with a man who knows Him well. His attitude stood out for Me and with Fulham’s new style of play He’ll get them 20+ goals. It just did not work out at United, some relationships are like that but life goes on
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August 30, 2012 at 23:02
Dela says:
nice post about berbatov.
I gotta admit, If I wouldnt know that Tevez was and is a cunt and that Sir Ferguson was right for leaving him go, though we offered money for him to stay. I would say Tevez over Berbatov and that I never understood the choice for Berbatov.
But we all know what a cunt Tevez revealed to be, then gotta say you are pinpoint correct about his situation, A BIG HAND for Berba, for being such a good profesional and for not dissing us (yet).
SO good luck for him and let’s hope he will never score against us!
I heard on talksport Fulham have busted their pay limit to sign him,the lad even went as far as to say he could be getting a raise
He was on the plane to sign for Florentino when he got the Juve call so was heading to them then got the Fulham call
Fucking funny
well the wage bill comes right down now, which is a positive
DreadedRed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/9510615/Darren-Fletcher-fit-for-return-to-Manchester-United-in-Champion-League.html
hope he will return,how he did in the reserve mtch?
Berba <3
:'( all the best
iced earth – we just have no idea as to Fletcher’s competency, and I guess that no one does.
Is he suffering from his return, or is he holding up well? I don’t know. He might carry on playing light matches to keep his eye in while he recuperates; or he might be on the bench in a week or two. If he makes the CL squad most of us will be pleasantly flabbergasted.
Thank you for the wonderful hat-trick against Loserpool, as well as all those goals that helped majorly towards the 19th Title. Best of luck down in London Berba!
Bring the other teams hell! The berb will show fulham his class! Please take it easy on united! True class!!!!
@mannings … “He had very little impact on big games and scored few decisive goals.” In his Golden Boot season 2010-11, he scored 20 PL goals. Seven of those were match winners, meaning he earned us 21 points in a season where we won title #19 by a 9-point margin. I’d call that decisive.
Top, top player. Fergie better prove himself right (again!). Berba, you will be missed!
another good thing that came out of the berbatov transfer, it drove tevez out of the club, so not a bad signing after all hey
How the fuck did qpr manage to get granero and cesar? Mad mad world.
Hate deadline day. Sure we’ll be linked to a host of midfielders, we dont need one. Wont sign one. Bring on sunday and soton
All the very best to the Berb , A great player ,A great human being . Ill be watching Fulham just to see him play . Hope it works for him and we dont live to Rue the day .
FLETCHASTIC!!!
@MOgdenTelegraph: Darren Fletcher under consideration for return to #mufc CL squad – http://t.co/Q6vyvgRd
Good Move. I hope he scores a hat trick against united
I bet no one will call him lazy then. What a loss. Gutted.
Good luck to him. I hope he scores a hat tricks against, bitters, dippers and rent boys.
Media say he was a flop at United, but I strongly disagree with that. He love the club and whenever he played he gave it all. Last season he was criminally underused and may have brought us the point that we needed had he played just a little bit more.
Nani told by Manchester United that he will not be sold in this window (via Duncan Castles)
Also good news! With our CL travel and the nightmare away fixtures, we are going to need the entire squad to manage.
Young set to miss the Southampton game as well as the England games:
http://www.express.co.uk/football/view/343167?
City looks as though they’re buying 3 or 4 players on deadline day. Meulensteen is right, it’s no way to build a team the way they are operating.
Berbashow rolling on in Premier league. It scares me we have to play against him, but I am happy I don´t need to watch that crap serie A just to see him play. Good luck to u and may u win many games against the likes of the bitters and the dippers. Love the man and the player Berbatov unconditionally.
Costas, Young injury didn’t look that bad. How long he is supposed to be out?
Hope we get Evans back v Southampton… at least for the bench.
Berbatov will always have a place in my heart. Gem of a person.
Speaking of city I think they are now going in a wrong direction. They have failed to land any good player this time and if they don’t win trophies this time they are in spot of bother. Yaya toure will leave city next season. Aguero would also not stick for that long with them. Tevez is a cunt. Kompany will be the key but a defender cannot inspire or help you to win trophies on his own. I just hope Real madrid and Dortmund knock these fuckers out early in group stage.
And Fuck Robben for allowing Chelshit to play in champions League. If not for him and drogba chelsea would have sunk fatser than titanic.
Now Fergie says he doesn’t know anything about Berba joining Fulham. Lol.
@Fletch
Fergie said it’s not anything serious. I suspect he will want to use this injury as an opportunity for Ashley to skip the England games.
Fletcher in the C/L squad? That will be right.he proved how far behind he is vs Spurs res and is being talked up like he is ready for first team football at the pace that has.Nah we are going to pay for our neglect of our midfield in the market and flannel about Fletcher wont disguise it.
Berb is finally off. The guy epitomizes class.
Seen some posts saying he didn’t fit and stiff competition.
I see it the other way round. We just couldn’t get the best out of him and that worries me because it becomes a squad problem. FFS in fantasy world, if messi came over and had a similar time to berb at OT I bet we’d look at it differently.
And before I get hounded for daring to compare messi to berb, I’m only making the point that we should strive even more to get the best out of our guys- especially the “unique” ones.
Seen Fletcher is due back too. I’ll wait to see how he fares before commenting but suffice to say I’m a bit pessimistic about the whole affair. We’ll have to be patient with him
I used 2 sing this song wen i got 2 see berb play but i was kinda on my own in the quadrant! O berbatov is magic. He wears a magic band. And wen he saw old Trafford, his future it was planned. He didnt sign for Madrid or city cause theyre SHITE! he signd for man united fergi met him of the flight! Guna miss singing that.
@slim
You are a fucking idiot for comparing Messi to Berbatov
SAF presser:
Darren could come into the 25-man Champions League squad quite easily, without me having to leave others out because we have a number of players who qualify as youth products in addition to the 25
Hmm. Sounds a really good option that would have him pushing for a place.
Ferguson: “He has not gone yet. I do not know anything about it. There’s not been any contact from him. He could be anywhere. I really mean that. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was at Tottenham. There are rumours going around. I do not think it is settled at Fulham.”
Like he doesn’t know where Berba is! Hilarious!!!!
Yeah, he’s taking the piss there. As if Tottenham would be interested.
Fergie can get cranky for the weirdest of reasons these days. He didn’t like that the FA revealed Ashley Young’s injury. What were they supposed to do, lol?
For me, Berbatov falls into the same bracket as Veron. Didn’t set the world alight, but definitely made an impact. And in a way, they both had the same problem. Veron was forced to adjust his game to accomodate the aging Keane, which he struggled, and here we have Berbatov accomodating to the previously undroppable Rooney
@Costas
Haha, agreed. I don’t know why he says things like this.
More Presser:
Evans will be back in. …. OOO that’s good news that!
SAF: Jonny Evans played [for the Under-21s] on Wednesday and came through fine. He’s the strongest option we’ve got. Phil Jones has done some training but isn’t ready yet. Rio’s in the same boat. At least we have one more centre-back available, which is an improvement. It allows us to put Carrick back in midfield. via manutd.com
Lol. Some joker in the Russian press has decided that United fans aren’t allowed to have a quiet, calm transfer deadline day, and has claimed we’re in for a last-minute pop at Moutinho for £20m as Porto suddenly need some cash.
Watch this space! Or not.
I think its the case where the Boss is extending an olive branch for any other suitor and helping get Berba a better club than Fulham perhaps….
as much as a lot of people tried to play doctors and nurses and try to make it seem bigger than it is (media mainly), i stuck to my instincts of wayne being out for four weeks. It’s a gash and has been confirmed.
“Dimitar was always going to be going,” admitted the boss. “I said last year he’d be leaving at the end of the season. He’s not gone yet, though. I don’t know anything about it.”
“There has not been any contact from him. We thought he was in Italy, but it turned out he isn’t. He could be anywhere. I really mean that. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s at Tottenham. There are rumours going around. I do not think it’s settled at Fulham, put it that way.”
“He’s a very talented player and his contribution is good, particularly at home. He’s the only player to score a hat-trick against Liverpool for United. When we changed our game, it didn’t suit him. We started to play with more speed. Wherever he goes, he’ll do well.”
“There will not be any more business today,” stressed Sir Alex. “There’s no need to loan today. We can do that seven days after the deadline. There are one or two players we need to get out on loan – younger players – but we don’t have to make a decision on that at the moment.”
“In terms of injuries, it was nice of the FA to let everyone know Ashley Young is injured,” said Sir Alex. “He’s out after the injury last week. It’s not serious.”
“Centre-back is our main concern at the moment. Jonny Evans played on Wednesday [against Tottenham at Under-21 level] and came through fine. He’s the strongest option we’ve got.”
“Phil Jones has done some training but isn’t ready yet. Rio Ferdinand’s in the same boat. At least we have one centre-back available, which is an improvement. It allows us to put Michael Carrick back in midfield.”
“Wayne’s out for four weeks. It’s nothing serious on the actual gash – it’s a bad one but it was treated carefully very quickly. We don’t expect any complications from it. I think he’ll be back in four weeks. The fact it’s a gash and not a muscle or joint injury means he can do a lot of work in the gymnasium. We’re not too bad with that.”
Sir Alex on Darren Fletcher: “He’s training well, every day. I think he’s going up to Scotland again next week to work with them [the national squad]. He played the other night for the Under-21s and played really well. With the condition he has, though, it’s a case of wait and see. If he keeps doing as well as he’s doing then obviously he’ll be under consideration because he’s a fantastic player. Darren could come into the 25-man Champions League squad quite easily, without me having to leave others out because we have a number of players who qualify as youth products in addition to the 25.”
Sir Alex on his decision to leave out Wayne last weekend. “Wayne’s a bit behind other players. It wasn’t an easy choice because I had to leave out a very good player and a player who can score you goals. That’s not an easy decision, but it was done.”
SAF on Southampton (and Fulham) “Southampton lost their first two games which wasn’t the best start for them. But Nigel Adkins has done a great job there. It’s a good set-up – a good training ground, a good stadium and they have a bit of money behind them. They have every chance of staying in the league.”
“For an hour last week [against Fulham] we were absolutely superb. Then we got careless and lost a bad goal. There was a lot of promise there, though, a lot of positives.”
Keep hearing about macheda going to the 2nd division of spain? what’s it with him and strange loan spells?. All i can assume is, the spanish will improve him technically but i felt wigan or something would be in for him if he were to go on loan.
I hear that before tomorrows kick off at Wastelands there will be a special presentation to acknowledge the role of QPR in letting Shitty get victory they needed to win the league.
Evans’s return and Young’s injury means playing a strong line up with Valencia, Nani, Kagawa and RVP involved. Lets see how 4-2-3-1 works on the road.
Not to mention Carrick and Tom finally playing together in midfield. Only the 2nd time that’s happened after the Ajax game.
With Wazza and Young injured, it makes SAF starting 4 easy.
Nani – Kagawa – Tony V
RVP
Its a good oppotunity for Nani to “start” his season. Plan B would be 442.
Kagawa – tomc – carrick – Tony V
Chicho / Welbeck – RVP
Berba’s got my support wherever he goes. We didn’t utilize him as much as we should have, and that’s a total pity. More than a fantastic player, he’s a class act. I still feel we’ve disrespected him a lot, and has he even said anything against us or Sir Alex? On the contrary, the great fella, how many times has he said fantastic things about us? I’ve lost count. I don’t know if I’m over reacting but I’m extremely sad over Berba’s departure.
A top player, I wish he scores tonnes of goals wherever he goes. And i’d clap even if he scores against us. I love you Berba!
Berbatov is a great human being, and a good player. It just didn’t work out for him at United. I’ll always remember piroutte West Ham and the hat-trick against Liverpool. Good times.
I wish him well. Cool cool guy.
If he does go to Fulham it’s a shame he won’t return to OT this season. Would’ve got a great reception.
Del Piero going to SydneyFC. Thats a big move?!
Huuuuuuuuge.
Cheers Colbert.lol
@slim
good luck to Berba. Fantastic player who couldn’t quite fit in at United. Wish him all the best wherever he goes although I would have liked to see him out of the premier league cuz it now means we have to face a VERY DANGEROUS Berbatov.
StatesideAussie @ 01.23,
Well put.
Too many clowns demeaning the contribution of Berba, pathetic really!! Sad to see him go!!
Sad to see berbatov go. He was one of the most technically gifted player we ever had..
Confirmed. Fulham have signed former red errr Kieran Richardson?
Guess Jol wants someone who can get the ball into Berbatov
Fulham the new United B?
Haha, the media having a field day with Sir Alex’s joke that Berbatov could be at Spurs. Goes to show how stories are created, and how people believe in it. Maybe Sir Alex should have joked that Berbatov was at Barca
United youngsters Luke Giverin and Gyliano van Velzen on 5mo Loan deal to Royal Antwerp
Looks like the Connection with RoyalAntwerp is back in full swing after taking a couple year hiatus.
Good luck to the lads.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Aug/young-duo-giverin-and-van-velzen-joining-antwerp-on-loan.aspx
The only thing that matters in this case is to see him playing. The club is a secondary… I just want to see his play, cause it’s worth it! I will remember it even after 50 years (not sure about Welbeck, Hernandez or Rooney).
The atmosphere in Türk Telekom Arena where Man Utd are going to play Galatasaray and this was when last time United faced Galatasaray in 1993 – 19 years ago when ‘Welcome to Hell’ posters were held
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/404079_458524024167863_243494995_n.jpg?dl=1
Sad to see Berba go, good luck fellah and wherever you end up (not sure if Fulham is confirmed confirmed) I hope its in the premier league.
The welcome to hell banners at Galatasary dont concern me one bit, they are a bit of banter anyone can take that. Its hardly hell as Im pretty sure Satan has some real task masters down there getting everyone to clean up in the searing heat unlike Istanbul which is a garbage filled shit hole. Its the people and the fans that annoy me, a banner doesnt stab people, intimidate people. Its a shame really as those animals have no sense of being the host, maybe they should take some notes from their neighbours the greeks. But saying that the turks have always been 500 years behind the greeks in everything.
A very big thanks to you Dimitar for coming to our beloved MAN UTD and showered us with memeories and beautiful football !
How I remember that classy hat-trick against the owners of the history channel!
Good luck to you and d family !
I hope Utd sign plenty of more players who don’t fit in and score 48goals in 108 league games and when given a chance to play ended up clubs top goal scorer
Long live players who don’t quite fit in,better stats than those who do
i still remember the day we brought berbatov, watching skynews till late to see if the transfer has go through and the next day day it was there. i ve been a berba fan since the first day and god knows how much i was busted by the scousers or our own fans whn he didnt play well but i nver lose faith in him. its sad to see him depart but i think its the best for him, i would have prefer him in italy but he will be a hero at fullham, he has still so much to offer but at united, the 30 million tag was too big for him.
now am a kagawa fan, same burst of joy when we sigh him and this one mark my word, he is going to be a fucking genius..
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/federico-macheda-could-now-be-going-to-levante-on-loan
“There will not be any more business,” sir alex said. “There’s no need to loan. We can do that seven days after the deadline”
United fans all over the world will miss u Berba. D best football controller. Go Berbatov, better days ahead!!!
Robin van Persieis in Van Gaal’s 23-man Dutch squad to play Turkey on September 7 in Amsterdam and Hungary four days later in Budapest.
In the 2011-12 season, Wayne had 44 appearances and 35 goals, giving him 0.80 goals per game. Van Persie scored two more goals but needed four more appearances to do it, giving himself a 0.77 goals per game average.
Van Persie and Rooney joined Arsenal and United respectively in 2004. Since then, Van Persie has scored 132 goals at 0.49 goals per game while Wayne collected 182 goals at 0.49 goals per game.
In their last four seasons Van Persie has collected 89 goals at 0.62 goals per game and Rooney has had 105 goals at 0.59 goals per game
Berbatov is an out-and-out striker.
Out of contention, out on his own, out of the squad, yet always out of this world. The ins-and-outs of it are that no matter how long he’s out, he sticks them in like it’s going out of fashion.
@wayne If you have noticed Sir Alex over the years, he likes strikers who are very mobile who get back and defend and who are very energetic. Berbatov is not that kind of striker. His style is languid as that is what suits him. Loves to slow the game down and at a renowned counter-attacking team like United, languid football just doesn’t work. He’s a brilliant player but his style just isn’t our style. Fergie likes A TEAM defensive effort when we lose the ball. Except for the time Berbatov briefly occupied center back, Berbatov just isn’t the kind of player to do that.
Sure you can point out stats for me and all that but for the entirety of Berbatov’s time at United, Wayne Rooney has been by miles our best striker. That isn’t a coincidence because he fits the EXACT prototype of a Manchester United striker. Strong, Quick, Energetic, excellent on the counter, more than willing to drop back and help defend. Just because he didn’t fit in with our style of play here does not mean that he is a bad player. He just would be far more successful somewhere else like he will be at Fulham if given the right service.
Still feel like we needed to sign another midfielder . Lets hope that carrick,Anderson ,cleverly, scholes is enough !!!!
Not a bad summer of spending for Spurs if the Moutinho rumors are true. Got rid of the dead wood and some good additions.
Moutinho and Dembele to Spurs for 34M combined?!
Sell Gill and find someone who gets us these players for cheep?!
With our current squad not sure what the best formation will be 442 or 433 or 451.Any suggestion?
Ideally we should play Rooney and RVP upfront and kawaga in the hole .The midfield?
Costas,
I think it is about skill sets that the fans just don’t see. I recall lots of fans wanting vanderVaart though I am not a fan personally. The fact that he is off to Hamburg suggests that the likes of Spurs didn’t see a need and that big clubs didn’t take the bate, even after EPL experience. Live and learn.
Spurs will never sell anything cheap to us. They have sold Modric for 27 million whcih may rise to 33 million. If we had bought him Levy would have sold Modric for 35 millions. Real madrid always get players for cheap. Look at Ozil,Kedira,Sahin etc.
Spurs if they sign Moutinho will be really strong. If AVB gets his act together we may see spurs finishing in top 4 at the expense of arsenal. Selling modric and buying two good midfielders in dembele and Moutinho is a great piece of business.
As for city goes they are buying in panic mode. Buying Maicon proves that. Why would you buy a player who has past his peak. I will again say they need to win the trophies very badly if not they are in big trouble.
All the best Barba, you wore our shirt with pride and were instrumental in #19.
Cheers mate.
Hello all, last day for the summer window.
Who will get the number 9 now that Berbatov has left RvP, Welbeck, Hernandez ?
Liverpool and the KK choice set back the plan of the new owners, Adams, gone, Carroll gone, Henderson in Rogers style?
This Boston group is smart, went after young gaffer talent.
Spurs looking active.
Shity going for Garcia
RVP will get #9
——–DDG———–
Rafa–Evans–Vida–Evans
——-Carrick–Clevs—
Tony—Kagawa–Nani/Welbeck
———-RVP———
dannysoya Strikers are bought to score goals not defend which Berba did on a regular basis when given a chance and maybe you should check some of the past Utd strikers before writing Sir Alex wants strikers to get back and defend because that’s just silly,maybe for set pieces but if Utd are buying strikers to defend the teams in fucking trouble.
IMO Berba should’ve been selected over Danny and Hernandez and should never have been dropped when he was banging in goals for fun and carrying the team the year of Rooneys contract dispute.i suggest you go back and watch those games because Berba was superb that year and got one of the shittest deals ever,just because the myth was created by some fans that Berba didn’t fit it because they’ve never liked him doesn’t make it so.
Listen we all have our opinions but stats don’t lie when it comes to banging in goals,like i said take any player who can ave nearly 1 goal in every 2 games and doesn’t fit in
STR needs to change the thread Berba’s moved on and i don’t want to debate it again for 1000th time so let’s just agree to disagree
9 will remain vacant for the forthcoming season I believe. The numbers have already been registered.
So sad seeing a quality player leave. Rooney is injured and we lost another striker. Not much cover.
it is a mystery to me why we were not after moutinho instead of playing a paul scholes at 37, love scholes but I do not get why we were not in for moutinho and heck even Dembele. Who will be betting in a year from now, moutinho will be hot property? oh we should have signed him when he was cheap, it is sometimes typical of united being so slow to getting required targets for positions we so badly need strengthening
@ Zibbie
Howdy. Is Charlie Adam really gone from LFC. I was hoping they kept that lumbering oaf so we could run rings around him.
@DreadedRed
Thank You for the SAF quotes. The second paragraph when he talks about the speed of play and Berba confirms my analysis from months back, nice to know I was spot on.
SAF throwing Tottenham into the Berba mix was calculated as is most of what he says. Many more phone calls for the Spurs front office to deal with now.
The Young injury revelation makes it ,”easier” for teams to project our starting 11 and prepare. That may be why he is annoyed. The less injury info they have the more time wasted preparing for players who won’t play. The FA did not have to reveal that just yet. But like all things MUFC, they hurt us any opportunity given.
City’s action seem telling. You would think that they have a system and philosophy of play which requires a certain set of skills sets and thus their scouting apparatus identifies those players who would be good fits for them. When those players are needed or become available decisions are made and actions taken.
There seems to be no such forethought in how they get players. Instead it is simply identify the players everyone else wants, throw more money than at them than anyone and let the manager integrate them. In a word, haphazard.
It won’t be too long after winter announces itself that Tevez starts acting up. And Bibatelli has been too quiet for too long. An eruption is imminent.
He looks sad…
http://euro.mediotiempo.com/media/2012/08/31/berba_1.jpg
@Wayne Of course strikers are not brought in to defend but all I am saying is Fergie’s greatest teams have always featured very mobile forwards. Cole and Yorke and Ole, Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez, King Eric, Mark Hughes etc. Besides fergie’s mantra THROUGHOUT his United years has always been to defend as one unit from the front. This includes strikers. Berba’s defensive work rate is very low especially when he loses the ball.
I don’t hate Berbatov and I often clamoured for Fergie to give him some game time but the truth remains he was not a good fit for our style. Fergie even said so himself. I think Dreadedred Posted a fergie quote on this issue where fergie confirmed that one of the major reasons he sold Berbatov was because he could not fit into our quick style of play anymore.
Also stats can be very skewed sometimes. Berba scored in Bunches. He could score five in one game an then go three without a goal.