Wow. What an awful amount of fuss over something which seems rather insignificant. Did Fergie make those comments to the Scandinavian Supporters website? Are we going to get done for tapping up Dimitar Berbatov? Is Daniel Levy “different” or devious?
Well there seems to be all kinds of conspiracy theories flying around at the moment, which all seem to originate from the foreign membership site.
But what did it actually say?
The original article was found here, however after Daniel Levy submitted his dossier and Sir Alex Ferguson talked about bringing in his legal team, so it was deleted.
“We have submitted a bid for Bebatov, and we’re optimistic about the prospect of signing him. He’s impressed over a long period of time and would make a good addition to the squad,” Fergie is quoted as saying.
The site has him admitting that he would love to bring Berbatov to the pre-season tour to RSA, but says that the clubs is in no rush.
“We’re in no rush and are hopeful to stage constructive negotiations with Tottenham soon.”
Click here to see the article in full.
Man Utd News 24/7
By the power of Google, here is a cached version of the site
http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:qQ_-JFKhw1gJ:united.no/united/nyheter/nyheter/tror_paa_berbatov_kjoep+tror_paa_berbatov_kjoep&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=uk
No good if you can’t speak whichever Scandinavian language it is though (danish ?)
Google translate doesn’t do a very good job –
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2F209.85.141.104%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AqQ_-JFKhw1gJ%3Aunited.no%2Funited%2Fnyheter%2Fnyheter%2Ftror_paa_berbatov_kjoep%2Btror_paa_berbatov_kjoep%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26cd%3D3%26gl%3Duk&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=da&tl=en
” We have put inn a bid of Berbatov, and we have good forhåpninger on the river have kjøpt him. Han har imponert i lang tid, og kan bli en fin tilvekst, sier Sir Alex eksklusivt til united.no. He has imponert for a long time, and may be becoming a fin tilvekst, sieves Sir Alex exclusive to united.no.”
Are there no Liverpool supporters around to translate it for us?
It says exactly what was written in the sun..
It’s Norwegian, danish is very close. Try translate from Norwegian not Danish.
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Used google translate for this, this is the quote.
– We may have made a bid for Berbatov, and we have good hopes to buy him. He has impressed for a long time, and are subject to a fine growth, “says Sir Alex exclusively to united.no.
Ferguson believes the time is working for – rather than the contrary – United in this matter. He would like to have with Berbatov to South Africa, but is prepared to have is in the stomach.
– We stress not, and hope to get started constructive talks with Tottenham about not so long.
I just find it amazing how Daniel Levy will probably get away with this. In a game as big as it is today, how can anybody at such a high level in the profession make a claim / complaint based on an argument which they haven’t seen physical proof of.
Whether the Scandinavian fan lied or not to get an exclusive, I think it’s amazing how far Spurs have taken this. They said they had solid proof, but obviously couldn’t have.
Last years transfer window was great, especially at the start. We only really need a seasoned, top quality finisher and we’ll be sorted.
Not sure about all the Benzema talk, he is good only in his nam and his hype as far as I am concerned. We have plenty of top young forwards, and had Rossi who does well in Spain. We need a proven goal scorer.