PICTURE: Berbatov is a Fulham player

20 Comments

1. August 31, 2012 at 16:38

   Seanzo42 says:

   All the best you sultry beast.
2. August 31, 2012 at 16:43

   LoneStarRed says:

   Get in Berba!
3. August 31, 2012 at 16:47

   reDalerT says:

   great.. now i have to follow Fulham’s progress as well.. goodbye berbarotica, you shall be sorely missed :’(
4. August 31, 2012 at 16:53

   romeo says:

   Very sad day. All the best Mitko!
5. August 31, 2012 at 17:00

   Giles Oakley says:

   Sorry to see him go but glad he’s gone to a decent club with a good manager, someone who’ll maybe do more to get the best out of Berba than Fergie did. I think Berba was sometimes treated appallingly at United, often in stupid ways. Even if Fergie wanted to re-boot the style and formation of the team to go for a quicker build-up (perfectly resonable) there was no need to humiliate him, as when excluding him totally for the Champions League Final against Barca in 2011. Why have Owen on the bench, who surely merely replicated what Hernandez had to offer, while excluding Berba, the one player who could have held up the ball for spells to give the over-burdened defence a bit of respite?

   The other stupidity was by treating Berba so cavalierly the world knew he’d become surplus to requirements, and thus available on the cheap, as with the Fulham deal. United have taken a massive loss on Berbatov, which would have been far less severe if he’d been given the time on the pitch his talents deserved. I think Fergie handled all of this badly, and I hope we don’t now get the bitter inside story of how Berba felt about it all, which would damage United and Fergie’s ability to attract top players in future – already something of an issue, I’d suggest, depite the capture of Robin Van Persie.

   Meanwhile, with Fulham a local club, I hope maybe I’ll see Berba in my local Waitrose (more likel;y than Tesco, I suspect) I’ll thank him for what he did for United, even if it maybe could have been more.
6. August 31, 2012 at 17:03

   Devil310 says:

   This hurts

   Great player. Great professional. Great Human being.

   Thank you for your touch of Class Berba. Thank you for 19.

   All the best to you
7. August 31, 2012 at 17:10

   Devil310 says:

   Giles

   - On point, as usual. Never understood why he was left out of the final, which automatically cast him out of the squad and consequently diminished his marked value. I would have preferred he was sold that summer, instead of keeping him around without any chance of getting in the squad. Not only would we have got a better fee for him, but he would have been happier getting football elsewhere.
8. August 31, 2012 at 17:18

   Utd4life says:

   Glad he is staying in PL but I wish things would have worked out differently for him and UTD. Class-on and off the field. No matter what people say about his playing style, I would much rather watch him play than any other striker at the moment. Build a team around team and he will get you the goals. Beautiful player who oozed class on and off the field. All the best Berba.
9. August 31, 2012 at 17:38

   parryheid says:

   Class as opposed to water carrier.
10. August 31, 2012 at 17:39

    Costas says:

    Took one look at Juve and said fuck off. That’s the Berb. An enigma til the end.
11. August 31, 2012 at 17:56

    nlbabylon5 says:

    think the city semi at wembley finished his united career, that glaring miss..

    I just have this feeling that he may have a bad word to say against united.. don’t know why, just have a feeling..
12. August 31, 2012 at 18:00

    AlphaRS says:

    @nlbabylon5
    I’m sure their will be plenty on here to make excuses for him.
13. August 31, 2012 at 19:16

    berbatov9 says:

    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
14. August 31, 2012 at 19:19

    Costas says:

    @nlbabylon5

    If I was him, I would have lashed out about a couple of things that happened during the last 15 months. But he’s left with the same class he showed on the pitch. So don’t worry about him turning bitter.
15. August 31, 2012 at 19:30

    redindian says:

    ladies n gentlemen… Dimitar has left the building…..
16. August 31, 2012 at 19:32

    utdforever says:

    Love you Berbs.. appreciate all the memories.. glad you still get to bang them in against the likes of city, chelssa, scousers, etc. Just go easy on us!
17. August 31, 2012 at 21:56

    Pat the U.S. Red says:

    Well put, Devil310.

    Too many Reds fans forget how the mercurial Berba staked us to #19. Has a Golden Boot ever gone from such Olympian heights to the type of lows as our Bulgarian? Would Tevez or Balotelli have reacted with the same type of professionalism displayed by Berba following his 10-11 season? I hope in the following years history judges Berba kindly; his character is the stuff of genuine champions.
18. September 1, 2012 at 01:04

    aaronaldo says:

    Nevermind as a striker, but have we tried Berba in the Kagawa role and failed….. Maybe could’ve been more indeed…. this is sad news.
19. September 1, 2012 at 05:23

    benjamin says:

    I think this is your the best choice Berber.
20. September 2, 2012 at 06:24

    guatepepsol says:

    Pure class from start to finish. The real deal. All the best from sunny Guatemala.