Actual Berbatov Interview in Bulgaria yesterday....
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fortworthspur
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Berbs isnt the best player in the world, just the best player for Spurs. If Ramos is really going to make us top class, equal or better players will want to play for us. As others have said, this summer will tell a lot.
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QFT. He might get few CL matches and a cup or two but he'll never get again the love that was given to him here. By the way it looks like Milan ain't even gonna play in CL next year. And the irony might be that next year we gonna beat them in our UEFA cup run. GA GA GA
fozzi44
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Listen, Berbs is a great player and i would love to hold on to him.
But if he wants to piss off, and i think it is more than clear now that he does, then let him. We are in a good position, we will get an absolute fortune for him.
To be honest i am getting stick of his stroppy attitude and he is a lazy shit. But hey the man is a genius.
I would love to hold on to him but the ball is in his court at the end of the day.
But if he wants to piss off, and i think it is more than clear now that he does, then let him. We are in a good position, we will get an absolute fortune for him.
To be honest i am getting stick of his stroppy attitude and he is a lazy shit. But hey the man is a genius.
I would love to hold on to him but the ball is in his court at the end of the day.
lily_lane
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But as he himself said on Sunday in Sofia, the Sunday Mirror figure is total crap, he knows what Spurs' valuation of him is and it's alot less.
If he makes it clear he's interested in leaving in the Summer, then the club should facilitate a move that's acceptable to all concerned. Whatever the transfer fee paid, it'll be more than we paid for him (10.9 mill) and rather that than another season of the same debate and examination of his behaviour and translation of words uttered back home.
But will anyone pay this plucked out of thin air 40 mill? Ofcourse not! :rofl:
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With three years left on his contract the balls not in his court. Of course, if someone was to offer us £25m we'd bite their hands off, but no one's going to offer us that amount because for all his talent he's not a team player and above all the best players in the Premier League are team players.
lily_lane
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Didn't he sign for 4 years, and 2 years have gone? I don't know whether the option to extend on the part of Spurs is a forum rumour or accurate?
If not, as we know, Levy is not one for allowing players to let their contracts run down, if it gets to within 18 months and the player hasn't signed, he'll accept an offer, a la Defoe. For Berbs that'll be the Jan transfer window if he hasn't gone this Summer, and being realistic, which of the so called big clubs buys anybody in January.....apart from the scum that are Chavs?
And believe me, he is defo not going there. How do I know? Cos he knows I'll cry for 5 days and nights if he did, and never look at him again, and I know he wouldn't want that. :razz:
If not, as we know, Levy is not one for allowing players to let their contracts run down, if it gets to within 18 months and the player hasn't signed, he'll accept an offer, a la Defoe. For Berbs that'll be the Jan transfer window if he hasn't gone this Summer, and being realistic, which of the so called big clubs buys anybody in January.....apart from the scum that are Chavs?
And believe me, he is defo not going there. How do I know? Cos he knows I'll cry for 5 days and nights if he did, and never look at him again, and I know he wouldn't want that. :razz:
lily_lane
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http://www.myfreesport.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=966&Itemid=87
Dimitar Berbatov Interview
Written by Nick Harper
April 10 2008
He might stop well short of committing his future to the club, but Dimitar Berbatov is nevertheless expecting big things from Spurs come August...
"That is not a fair question, you can't ask me that." Dimitar Berbatov smiles, but he dislikes the question. The Question, The Only Question. Will you still be at Spurs next season? That one. To this point, the Bulgarian had been an engaging subject; dry, happy to answer whatever asked and more intelligent than most of his peers. Intelligent enough, in fact, to sit down without his agent, who if you believe the papers was too busy hawking his man around Europe's top clubs to join him. Oddly, his place is taken by a man from Spurs, who sits five feet away, recording us recording him. We began easily enough...
Last time we spoke, you said you were struggling to come to terms with the size of London. Does it feel more like home now?
"Er, London is a big city. Everybody knows that. Of course I like it, who doesn't? But, for me, it's not about the city - it's about the football I play and the team I play."
How do you compare the Spurs side of today with the team you joined in 2006?
"It's pretty much the same team. There is no big difference, apart from the coaching side. The players have grown together and I think we are developing very well. Of course, we have had some difficulties this season, but if we learn from our mistakes I think we can go forward. With the ability of the players we have, the future for Tottenham is bright."
Why did you come to England, and why Spurs?
"I was happy to come to England because I thought it was right league for me. I thought I could come here and get better, and I think I have done that. But, before I arrived, I also thought maybe I make a mistake."
Why was that?
"I don't know. Sometimes you sit at home, watching English football on TV, and you think maybe it is not for me. But then, when you come here, you stop feeling that way."
Did you doubt you could succeed here?
"Sometimes you doubt yourself, yes. Maybe it's just momentary, but you ask yourself: ‘Can I do this?' That is normal, I think."
And yet that's at odds with the Dimitar Berbatov we see on the pitch. You seem confident almost to the point of arrogance...
"I am confident on the pitch; sometimes it might seem like arrogance, but you have to be confident and show what you can do. It is good, because I am able to forget everything else when I am out there - forget about any problem in my private life and just focus on the game."
How have you developed in your time here?
"Headers [smiles - this is the morning after he scored with a header in the 4-4 draw with Chelsea]. That's helped me a lot - I'm a big guy and I needed to be a better header to play here. But, if I want to develop as a player, I have to work on every area of my game. Nobody should ever think he is the complete player. When I watch the younger players in our squad, they teach me things I never knew how to do, you know. That is a good thing."
How impressed are you with Juande Ramos?
"A lot. Before he came here, I knew him by name, of course - I knew he was good. But now, when you work with him and talk with him, you realise how good he is as both a man and a coach. The first time I saw him, I remember thinking maybe he will be the right coach for this team. The way he speaks and works with you... everything is right."
He looks like a no-nonsense kind of man...
"He is stern when he needs to be, of course. That is natural, normal, but he will make a joke - he does the normal stuff, too."
What have you made of the extra training and - more significantly - that he's banned certain foods, like ketchup and Jaffa Cakes?
"Listen, before he even came, everybody must have known that food is the most important thing for a player. He just insists we eat the right food - that is normal, how it should be. He gave us a schedule and a programme for what we should eat and how we should train, and I think you can see a difference. Yes, extra training is hard, but we need to do that to go forward - we are not complaining."
Many fans expect Spurs to challenge the top four next season. Is that realistic?
"We must always aim to do that. The start of this season was difficult, but we have hope for next season. Winning the (Carling) Cup this year has given us hope."
And the title? That's surely beyond a team like Spurs in your career?
"You have to have big ambition. I would lie if I say we don't think about the title at the start of the season. When I came, I knew that Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea were the big four and every year they fight for the title; but I was thinking why not go there and mess it all up. That hasn't happened, but we still have good team - I'm sure we can surprise a lot of people next season."
What will it take to break into and regularly challenge the top four?
[Berbatov's frown turns to a scowl: the man holding his jacket has let it drop to the ground. "What are you doing?" he snaps, then grins] "The thing is to work hard and believe in what you can do. Sometimes we underestimate ourselves, especially against the big teams. It is only 11 against 11; they only have two legs each like we do, so we can beat them."
But hasn't Spurs' big problem been against supposedly ‘smaller' teams - teams such as Birmingham, Aston Villa and Blackburn?
"Yes, but that is not a belief thing - it is that sometimes the concentration is not on the right level. You play against these teams and you maybe think you will win easily, but it is never easy in this league."
There's always speculation in the papers, much of it about you. Are you happy at Spurs?
"Of course I'm happy. Don't I look happy?"
Er, you're not smiling. Are you settled here?
(Smiles) "Of course. From when I came, everybody make me feel very settled. I am happy at Spurs."
And for the Spurs fans who worry that you might not be here next season, do you have a message for them?
"No, that is not a fair question. You can't ask me that. I am here, and I try to do my best and score goals for the team. I think I'm doing that, with the help of my teammates and everybody else at the club."
Sport suggests those Spurs fans may not be completely reassured by that answer, but Berbatov has risen from his seat, reclaimed his leather jacket, shaken hands and is away. A portentous departure? Only time and the man himself know the answer to that.
Dimitar Berbatov Interview
Written by Nick Harper
April 10 2008
He might stop well short of committing his future to the club, but Dimitar Berbatov is nevertheless expecting big things from Spurs come August...
"That is not a fair question, you can't ask me that." Dimitar Berbatov smiles, but he dislikes the question. The Question, The Only Question. Will you still be at Spurs next season? That one. To this point, the Bulgarian had been an engaging subject; dry, happy to answer whatever asked and more intelligent than most of his peers. Intelligent enough, in fact, to sit down without his agent, who if you believe the papers was too busy hawking his man around Europe's top clubs to join him. Oddly, his place is taken by a man from Spurs, who sits five feet away, recording us recording him. We began easily enough...
Last time we spoke, you said you were struggling to come to terms with the size of London. Does it feel more like home now?
"Er, London is a big city. Everybody knows that. Of course I like it, who doesn't? But, for me, it's not about the city - it's about the football I play and the team I play."
How do you compare the Spurs side of today with the team you joined in 2006?
"It's pretty much the same team. There is no big difference, apart from the coaching side. The players have grown together and I think we are developing very well. Of course, we have had some difficulties this season, but if we learn from our mistakes I think we can go forward. With the ability of the players we have, the future for Tottenham is bright."
Why did you come to England, and why Spurs?
"I was happy to come to England because I thought it was right league for me. I thought I could come here and get better, and I think I have done that. But, before I arrived, I also thought maybe I make a mistake."
Why was that?
"I don't know. Sometimes you sit at home, watching English football on TV, and you think maybe it is not for me. But then, when you come here, you stop feeling that way."
Did you doubt you could succeed here?
"Sometimes you doubt yourself, yes. Maybe it's just momentary, but you ask yourself: ‘Can I do this?' That is normal, I think."
And yet that's at odds with the Dimitar Berbatov we see on the pitch. You seem confident almost to the point of arrogance...
"I am confident on the pitch; sometimes it might seem like arrogance, but you have to be confident and show what you can do. It is good, because I am able to forget everything else when I am out there - forget about any problem in my private life and just focus on the game."
How have you developed in your time here?
"Headers [smiles - this is the morning after he scored with a header in the 4-4 draw with Chelsea]. That's helped me a lot - I'm a big guy and I needed to be a better header to play here. But, if I want to develop as a player, I have to work on every area of my game. Nobody should ever think he is the complete player. When I watch the younger players in our squad, they teach me things I never knew how to do, you know. That is a good thing."
How impressed are you with Juande Ramos?
"A lot. Before he came here, I knew him by name, of course - I knew he was good. But now, when you work with him and talk with him, you realise how good he is as both a man and a coach. The first time I saw him, I remember thinking maybe he will be the right coach for this team. The way he speaks and works with you... everything is right."
He looks like a no-nonsense kind of man...
"He is stern when he needs to be, of course. That is natural, normal, but he will make a joke - he does the normal stuff, too."
What have you made of the extra training and - more significantly - that he's banned certain foods, like ketchup and Jaffa Cakes?
"Listen, before he even came, everybody must have known that food is the most important thing for a player. He just insists we eat the right food - that is normal, how it should be. He gave us a schedule and a programme for what we should eat and how we should train, and I think you can see a difference. Yes, extra training is hard, but we need to do that to go forward - we are not complaining."
Many fans expect Spurs to challenge the top four next season. Is that realistic?
"We must always aim to do that. The start of this season was difficult, but we have hope for next season. Winning the (Carling) Cup this year has given us hope."
And the title? That's surely beyond a team like Spurs in your career?
"You have to have big ambition. I would lie if I say we don't think about the title at the start of the season. When I came, I knew that Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea were the big four and every year they fight for the title; but I was thinking why not go there and mess it all up. That hasn't happened, but we still have good team - I'm sure we can surprise a lot of people next season."
What will it take to break into and regularly challenge the top four?
[Berbatov's frown turns to a scowl: the man holding his jacket has let it drop to the ground. "What are you doing?" he snaps, then grins] "The thing is to work hard and believe in what you can do. Sometimes we underestimate ourselves, especially against the big teams. It is only 11 against 11; they only have two legs each like we do, so we can beat them."
But hasn't Spurs' big problem been against supposedly ‘smaller' teams - teams such as Birmingham, Aston Villa and Blackburn?
"Yes, but that is not a belief thing - it is that sometimes the concentration is not on the right level. You play against these teams and you maybe think you will win easily, but it is never easy in this league."
There's always speculation in the papers, much of it about you. Are you happy at Spurs?
"Of course I'm happy. Don't I look happy?"
Er, you're not smiling. Are you settled here?
(Smiles) "Of course. From when I came, everybody make me feel very settled. I am happy at Spurs."
And for the Spurs fans who worry that you might not be here next season, do you have a message for them?
"No, that is not a fair question. You can't ask me that. I am here, and I try to do my best and score goals for the team. I think I'm doing that, with the help of my teammates and everybody else at the club."
Sport suggests those Spurs fans may not be completely reassured by that answer, but Berbatov has risen from his seat, reclaimed his leather jacket, shaken hands and is away. A portentous departure? Only time and the man himself know the answer to that.
lily_lane
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If only it had....great thought though. :bowdown:Follow up in today's Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ma...1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/04/11/sfntot111.xml
More interviews with Ledley & Ramos here:
http://www.myfreesport.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=968
sloth
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He's here for four and we have an option on a further two years. So he's actually got four years remaining and so the ball's entirely in our court.
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Follow up in today's Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ma...1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/04/11/sfntot111.xml
More interviews with Ledley & Ramos here:
http://www.myfreesport.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=968
Thank you for the links,some very interesting reading and all should have a thread of their own!Thanks again!
lily_lane
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In that case what would you recommend we do? In an era when contracts mean nothing (unless you're the England Manager and are hanging on for a gigantic pay off) would you tie a player to the club who kept making noises about going elsewhere and who you think is "not a team player"?
Surely an amicable solution all round is best?
