Berbatov: I Still Watch Every Tottenham Game

A year in to his Tottenham Hotspur career, Dimitar Berbatov decided he wanted to play for Manchester United. He let Daniel Levy know his desires but Berbatov was told he wouldn’t be going anywhere. He had just seen United finish Champions of England, reaching the FA Cup final and European Cup semi-finals. In contrast, Spurs finished 5th in the league, eight points behind Arsenal, reached the 6th Round of the FA Cup, and the UEFA Cup quarter finals. Had the deal for Ruud van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid been completed earlier in the summer of 2006, he would probably have already been at Old Trafford , but this wasn’t to be, and he was left with no winners medals. Regardless, Berbatov got on with it, dedicated to help the cause, and scored 23 goals for Spurs the following season. This was 5 goals more than Wayne Rooney, 4 goals more than Carlos Tevez, yet he had the memory of just the League Cup final to cheer him up, opposed to the League title and European Cup the United strikers had. He had ... (link)