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Manchester United consider Klaas-Jan Huntelaar should Dimitar Berbatov bid fail
Manchester United have reportedly registered their interest in Klaas Jan-Huntelaar amid growing fears Dimitar Berbatov's proposed move from Tottenham could collapse.


By Matt Lawless
Last Updated: 1:13PM BST 20 Aug 2008

Despite the player's persistent pleas to be sold, Tottenham are still refusing to compromise on their £30 million valuation of Berbatov, depriving the unsettled Bulgarian of his "dream move".

Tottenham's apparent reluctance to do business with United follows a month of intense dispute between the Premier League clubs, after Spurs owner Daniel Levy branded United manager Sir Alex Ferguson 'arrogant' following his alleged public declaration of intent to sign Berbatov.

United's attempts to repair relations with the north London club have been met with little assistance from White Hart Lane officials and patience is beginning to wear thin at Old Trafford, fuelling speculation a move for Ajax Captain Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is instead a possibility.

A report in El Mundo Deportivo claims the promising Holland international, 24, has been sounded out by Ferguson as an alternative option.

The striker even declared his love of Manchester United earlier in the summer when questioned about rival interest from Arsenal.

"It's a club (Manchester United) that makes me dream, especially as Ruud van Nistelrooy played there and did great things with them," he said.

Huntelaar, whose Ajax contract expires in 2010, would be considerably cheaper than Berbatov.

But the player's representative, Arnold Oosterveer suggested last week that the Dutchman will extend his stay at the Amsterdam club for at least another season, rejecting reports that Real Madrid had agreed a £20 million fee for his services.

"Nothing is going on at the moment – the rumours are pure nonsense," he said, echoing a previous statement made by Ajax coach Marco Van Basten who confirmed that the player would not be sold.

Berbatov, however, remains a priority for United who are hoping to finalise the protracted saga before the end of the transfer window.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...uld-Dimitar-Berbatov-bid-fail---Football.html
 
BahamaRed said:
Fergie: “Big News For Yous Lot In The Next 48 Hours” Yeah…We’re Waiting

August 20, 2008



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Is everything actually going to plan in United’s hunt for a new striker, we wonder?
In his final press conference last week prior to United’s first league game of the season, Sir Alex portentously told the assembled journos that they would be ‘very surprised by what would happen in the next 48 hours.’
It was an intriguing, cryptic comment. Did Ferguson mean to imply that the long-running and bad-tempered pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov was finally due to come to an end, thereby scuppering all of the doubting Thomases in the press? Or was he implying that the quarry in the striker hunt was not Berbatov after all, but one of the other half-forgotten targets - such as Huntelaar?
48 hours down the line - and indeed half a week later - we are none the wiser.

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Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson was happy to talk about Wayne Rooney but unhappy to talk about Dimitar Berbatov at his latest news conference.
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Are the Berbatov negotations still under way, we wonder? Mindful of the unseemly copy the issue has generated in the press, have the two camps decided to conduct their final negotiations in utmost secrecy?
Or is it merely that bugger all has happened?
After having creatively accounted for the signings of Tevez, Anderson, Nani and Hargreaves last summer and this, do United in fact have the financial resources to pull off this major transfer?
There are those who question the logic of spending so much money on Berbatov when there are other, cheaper options who might have adequately fulfilled the extra striking role. Yet Ferguson seems to have made up his mind that the moody, mercurial Bulgarian is the right man for the job and to now see United getting indignant over the crucial few million quid difference, brings back memories of the bad old days under Peter Kenyon, when prevarication and false economies deprived us of important star signings.
With Ferguson having made plain his preference for Berbatov, Daniel Levy knows he has United over a barrel. The transparent attempts to talk up United’s interest in other strikers (such as the laughable Henry rumours) have only served to entrench the Spurs board’s position rather than undermine it.
Juande Ramos is keen to find a replacement for Berbatov before allowing him to leave, but it is clear he would be allowed to go without that happening should United come up with the full asking price. By not caving in to that demand United are playing a dangerous waiting game, the consequences of which could be far more costly than the few million quid overspend they’re contemplating right now.

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It's not laughable, United are able to accommodate two more signings, if necessary because of Saha's situation.
 
"I'm a Berby guy in the Berby world
Come play for United, it's exciting
I can brush your hair, you'll be very sucessfull heere
Tottenham should read this thread full of desperation, and reward our dedication"
 
hate to say it, but if it didn't happen then certain people have a lot to answer for. A lesson to anyone, if you think you know something shut your face and print what people actually say... :annoyed:

Hantelaar is probably a realistic alternative even if people consider it a bluff.
 
R.Nilsson7 said:
"I'm a Berby guy in the Berby world
Come play for United, it's exciting
I can brush your hair, you'll be very sucessfull heere
Tottenham should read this thread full of desperation, and reward our dedication"
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New tag line?

Striker10 said:
hate to say it, but if it didn't happen then certain people have a lot to answer for. A lesson to anyone, if you think you know something shut your face and print what's told you :annoyed:

Hantelaar is probably a realistic alternative even if people consider it a bluff.
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Feel bad for Berba after all the hoo-hah.
 
why hasn't the chosen one signed yet? i even sent him one of my fingers in the post to show him how badly i wanted him at united.
 
rimaldo said:
why hasn't the chosen one signed yet? i even sent him one of my fingers in the post to show him how badly i wanted him at united.
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was it a clean or dirty finger? Mixed signals an all that, a dangerous thing :p
 
Striker10 said:
was it a clean or dirty finger? Mixed signals an all that, a dangerous thing :p
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it was impeccably clean. i even dressed it up in a little hand made united kit with berbatov 9 on the back of it.
 
This transfer saga is even worse than the Tevez affair last summer.
 
I've gone from being confident that we'd sign him to being split 50/50.

I never ever want us doing business with Spurs again.
 
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