So I just wanted to throw that headline into your NewsNow list just to counter some of the drivel that I have seen today. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't it only a week or so ago that he was banging on about how he doesn't want to leave Spurs, how he loves the fans, blah blah blah. I was under the impression that every time he, his agent or the club itself is asked, the response it that Berbatov is not for sale.
And yet there seems to be no rest for the wicked as the press will not rest until this deal has been done.
Will we have to endure weeks of "Berbs to Man U" talk before every transfer window between now and the end of his contract? I am the staunchest of media bullshit detectors, but even I am starting to doubt that Berbatov will have a long and distinguished career at Tottenham.
What I can be quite sure of though is that he's going nowhere in January. Manchester United have an annoying habit of getting what they want (remember Carrick?), but their offers are becoming more and more ridiculous if these "reports" are anything other than a practical joke hatched at the Mirror's Christmas party.
Last summer there was talk of upwards of £30m for the talented frontman, now his value seems to have diminished to one injury prone bench warmer, a defender who is available for nothing 5 months from now and £6m.
Are they having a laugh??? If the Spurs board do anything other than wipe their arses with that fax it will be a travesty. The only deal that would remote appease the angry mob would be a swap deal for Nani, but Fergie is hardly in the habit of letting his talented players leave for the opposition is he, and it would take several teams of wild horses to drag the player himself out of Old Trafford, so you can forget all about that one.
Equally can you see Ramos letting his most creative player waltz out of the front door without kicking up a stink? Particularly when we are still in 3 cup competitions and still need to climb the table - not a chance!
But the bandwagon rolls on unabated, and the lazy hacks jump on board as if even they genuinely believe it. What starts as an internet joke gathers speed and ends up on the back pages and eventually the TV reports and the player starts to wonder whether something is afoot.
Dimitar Berbatov is a sensitive soul and openly admitted to being unsettled by the last time this crock of shit made headlines, he is just getting back to something approaching his best and it looks like he's going to have to endure another 5 weeks of it.
Let's hope this time he's better prepared.
