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Dimitar Berbatov's move from Tottenham to United is closer to completion
Dimitar Berbatov's move from Tottenham to United is closer to completion
Manchester United are expected to sign Dimitar Berbatov before the midnight transfer deadline, with the Premier League champions likely to satisfy Tottenham's demands for a British record fee by structuring a performance-related deal that could see it rise to £30 million.
It has also been suggested that United forward Fraizer Campbell could go to Tottenham as part of the Berbatov deal, though Sir Alex Ferguson would be reluctant to lose another striker after selling Louis Saha to Everton.
Berbatov was conspicuous by his absence from the Tottenham squad that drew 1-1 with Chelsea and manager Juande Ramos admitted he had no idea of the Bulgarian's whereabouts.
Ramos is still hoping to sign Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg and Manchester City's Vedran Corluka and, while he admitted that it was possible for Berbatov to play for Tottenham again, he appears increasingly resigned to losing the 27-year-old. "I don't know where he was –he just wasn't in the right state to play," he said. "If Berbatov is in the squad he may play again; if not, he won't. But we need to focus on the football. We never blamed Berbatov for the last two results because he didn't play. It was only the players on the pitch who deserve the credit for the performance against Chelsea. Let's hope this can ignite our season."
Tottenham, who are also understood to be trying to complete deals for Sergio Garcia and Diego Milito from Real Zaragoza, completed the signing of Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow on Saturday and Ramos said that the Russia forward would provide much needed support to Darren Bent.
"Bent has had to work very hard up front on his own and we've not had any options," said Ramos. "Pavlyuchenko will bring a lot of quality to the side. We hope that he will settle in quickly."
Ramos said that Tottenham had shown Chelsea too much respect and were possibly "overawed" in the first half, but had deserved their point.
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari also declared himself happy with a draw, yet felt his players had used too many long balls during the second half. "We have to work more with the ball," he said.
The possible deals concerning Berbatov and Robinho, who Chelsea are trying to prise from Real Madrid, are the most eagerly awaited ahead of the closure of the transfer window , although a flurry of other signings will be completed.
Scolari even admitted that he rejected an approach from Arsenal earlier in the summer for Salomon Kalou. "Arsene Wenger wanted Kalou as a centre-forward – a No 9 and Arsene is an intelligent man," he said. "Before he wanted Kalou, not now. We started some negotiations about some players. You don't know which player I wanted but now you know which player they wanted. I said, 'No.' I don't sell Kalou."
It is understood that Chelsea had once been interested in Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor.
Even if big-money deals involving Berbatov and Robinho are completed, it is predicted that the overall transfer spend by Premier League clubs will be down on last year.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...Man-Utd-closer-to-completion----Football.html
Dimitar Berbatov's move from Tottenham to United is closer to completion
Manchester United are expected to sign Dimitar Berbatov before the midnight transfer deadline, with the Premier League champions likely to satisfy Tottenham's demands for a British record fee by structuring a performance-related deal that could see it rise to £30 million.
It has also been suggested that United forward Fraizer Campbell could go to Tottenham as part of the Berbatov deal, though Sir Alex Ferguson would be reluctant to lose another striker after selling Louis Saha to Everton.
Berbatov was conspicuous by his absence from the Tottenham squad that drew 1-1 with Chelsea and manager Juande Ramos admitted he had no idea of the Bulgarian's whereabouts.
Ramos is still hoping to sign Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg and Manchester City's Vedran Corluka and, while he admitted that it was possible for Berbatov to play for Tottenham again, he appears increasingly resigned to losing the 27-year-old. "I don't know where he was –he just wasn't in the right state to play," he said. "If Berbatov is in the squad he may play again; if not, he won't. But we need to focus on the football. We never blamed Berbatov for the last two results because he didn't play. It was only the players on the pitch who deserve the credit for the performance against Chelsea. Let's hope this can ignite our season."
Tottenham, who are also understood to be trying to complete deals for Sergio Garcia and Diego Milito from Real Zaragoza, completed the signing of Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow on Saturday and Ramos said that the Russia forward would provide much needed support to Darren Bent.
"Bent has had to work very hard up front on his own and we've not had any options," said Ramos. "Pavlyuchenko will bring a lot of quality to the side. We hope that he will settle in quickly."
Ramos said that Tottenham had shown Chelsea too much respect and were possibly "overawed" in the first half, but had deserved their point.
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari also declared himself happy with a draw, yet felt his players had used too many long balls during the second half. "We have to work more with the ball," he said.
The possible deals concerning Berbatov and Robinho, who Chelsea are trying to prise from Real Madrid, are the most eagerly awaited ahead of the closure of the transfer window , although a flurry of other signings will be completed.
Scolari even admitted that he rejected an approach from Arsenal earlier in the summer for Salomon Kalou. "Arsene Wenger wanted Kalou as a centre-forward – a No 9 and Arsene is an intelligent man," he said. "Before he wanted Kalou, not now. We started some negotiations about some players. You don't know which player I wanted but now you know which player they wanted. I said, 'No.' I don't sell Kalou."
It is understood that Chelsea had once been interested in Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor.
Even if big-money deals involving Berbatov and Robinho are completed, it is predicted that the overall transfer spend by Premier League clubs will be down on last year.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...Man-Utd-closer-to-completion----Football.html