ExcellentDude
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- Jul 21, 2008
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Ok first of all I am a new member here and I will lay my cards on the table, I am a Manchester United supporter. You may consider my viewpoint to be biased, but I always deal with the facts.
Sir Alex has never gone public with his interest in Dimitar Berbatov, it has always been done behind closed doors. He has confirmed that the quotes attributed to him in The Sun newspaper did not come from him. Manchester United are as I speak planning legal action against Tottenham for these false accusations. Sir Alex is well within his rights to expect an unconditional apology from Mr Levy and from Spurs.
Your manager Juande Ramos has never come out publicly and said that Dimitar Berbatov is not for sale, he has always said that if the right amount of money is offered he could be sold. Those kind of comments only encourage clubs to bid for the player. I think at this stage of Berbatov's career, you have to accept his desire to play Champions League football and win trophies. Manchester United will sign a striker in this transfer window, if Spurs refuse to sell Berbatov then we will move for Huntelaar so this transfer window is really Berbatov's last opportunity to join Manchester United.
Now to Mr Daniel Levy, it is ludicrous that he compares Manchester United's behaviour in this matter to the outrageous actions of Real Madrid regarding Cristiano Ronaldo, there is no comparison.
Real Madrid have launched a media crusade to unsettle Ronaldo, there manager and president both making many comments seemingly on a daily basis. There newspaper Marca has printed numerous false stories and lies claiming that the move was imminent, despite Manchester United PUBLICLY making it clear that the player was not for sale. There is no doubt about Real Madrid's arrogant and disgraceful behaviour. Regarding Berbatov Sir Alex has never even mentioned Berbatov's name in public in relation to a possible transfer, not even once.
Mr Daniel Levy is the same man who was talking to various alternative managers behind Martin Jol's back, while publicly stating that he had full faith in Martin Jol. He made such a mess of that situation that Martin Jol ended up being informed that he was about to be sacked via a text message while he was still on the touchline managing his team against Getafe. That is a pretty embarrasing and incompetent way to run a football club.
I also have to question Mr Levy's credentials to still be in the job at Tottenham, he has sanctioned so many poor signings for Tottenham and wasted alot of money. Mr Levy must be the only man on planet earth who thought that it was a good idea to spend 18 million on Darren Bent, a player who is not even worth half that amount. We all new at the time that what Tottenham needed was a left footed left winger, a deal was in place to sign Martin Petrov for around 8 million but Mr Levy decided to cancel the deal because the player was not young enough and the sell on value would not be enough. Since then he has sold the excellent Jermaine Defoe for only 10 million, who is a much better player than Bent and did not want to leave the club. Clearly that was another significant error of judgement from Mr Levy.
I would like to remind Spurs fans of how unhappy Crystal Palace are for the way that Tottenham stole John Bostock from their academy. Crystal Palace ended up recieving a tiny amount of money that is nowhere near what John Bostock is worth. Also, if you have any awareness of what is going on in Spain you will know that Sevilla are very angry at the way that Tottenham pursued and recruited there manager Juande Ramos. Sevilla had no intention of letting there manager go and made that clear, but Tottenham continued to pursue him without Sevilla's permission and Ramos's head was turned by the big increase in wages he was being offered. Sevilla were left without a manager in the middle of the season and the team struggled from that point onwards. This came only a few months after the tragic death of the Sevilla player Antonio Puerta, you can imagine how Sevilla fans must of been feeling at that point. So clearly Tottenham are not completely innocent of any wrong doing themselves.
I should also point out that Paul Ince announced recently that Roque Santa Cruz and David Bentley were not for sale. So it is strange that Tottenham have proceeded to disregard this and bid for David Bentley anyway. This must have unsettled the player and put his future at Blackburn in doubt.
In conclusion I want to say that I really like Tottenham Hotspurs as a club, I was delighted when they beat Chelsea in the Carling Cup Final. I have nothing against Tottenham at all, I just want to give the viewpoint of a supporter of another club. I wish Tottenham lots of luck for the coming season.
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Sir Alex has never gone public with his interest in Dimitar Berbatov, it has always been done behind closed doors. He has confirmed that the quotes attributed to him in The Sun newspaper did not come from him. Manchester United are as I speak planning legal action against Tottenham for these false accusations. Sir Alex is well within his rights to expect an unconditional apology from Mr Levy and from Spurs.
Your manager Juande Ramos has never come out publicly and said that Dimitar Berbatov is not for sale, he has always said that if the right amount of money is offered he could be sold. Those kind of comments only encourage clubs to bid for the player. I think at this stage of Berbatov's career, you have to accept his desire to play Champions League football and win trophies. Manchester United will sign a striker in this transfer window, if Spurs refuse to sell Berbatov then we will move for Huntelaar so this transfer window is really Berbatov's last opportunity to join Manchester United.
Now to Mr Daniel Levy, it is ludicrous that he compares Manchester United's behaviour in this matter to the outrageous actions of Real Madrid regarding Cristiano Ronaldo, there is no comparison.
Real Madrid have launched a media crusade to unsettle Ronaldo, there manager and president both making many comments seemingly on a daily basis. There newspaper Marca has printed numerous false stories and lies claiming that the move was imminent, despite Manchester United PUBLICLY making it clear that the player was not for sale. There is no doubt about Real Madrid's arrogant and disgraceful behaviour. Regarding Berbatov Sir Alex has never even mentioned Berbatov's name in public in relation to a possible transfer, not even once.
Mr Daniel Levy is the same man who was talking to various alternative managers behind Martin Jol's back, while publicly stating that he had full faith in Martin Jol. He made such a mess of that situation that Martin Jol ended up being informed that he was about to be sacked via a text message while he was still on the touchline managing his team against Getafe. That is a pretty embarrasing and incompetent way to run a football club.
I also have to question Mr Levy's credentials to still be in the job at Tottenham, he has sanctioned so many poor signings for Tottenham and wasted alot of money. Mr Levy must be the only man on planet earth who thought that it was a good idea to spend 18 million on Darren Bent, a player who is not even worth half that amount. We all new at the time that what Tottenham needed was a left footed left winger, a deal was in place to sign Martin Petrov for around 8 million but Mr Levy decided to cancel the deal because the player was not young enough and the sell on value would not be enough. Since then he has sold the excellent Jermaine Defoe for only 10 million, who is a much better player than Bent and did not want to leave the club. Clearly that was another significant error of judgement from Mr Levy.
I would like to remind Spurs fans of how unhappy Crystal Palace are for the way that Tottenham stole John Bostock from their academy. Crystal Palace ended up recieving a tiny amount of money that is nowhere near what John Bostock is worth. Also, if you have any awareness of what is going on in Spain you will know that Sevilla are very angry at the way that Tottenham pursued and recruited there manager Juande Ramos. Sevilla had no intention of letting there manager go and made that clear, but Tottenham continued to pursue him without Sevilla's permission and Ramos's head was turned by the big increase in wages he was being offered. Sevilla were left without a manager in the middle of the season and the team struggled from that point onwards. This came only a few months after the tragic death of the Sevilla player Antonio Puerta, you can imagine how Sevilla fans must of been feeling at that point. So clearly Tottenham are not completely innocent of any wrong doing themselves.
I should also point out that Paul Ince announced recently that Roque Santa Cruz and David Bentley were not for sale. So it is strange that Tottenham have proceeded to disregard this and bid for David Bentley anyway. This must have unsettled the player and put his future at Blackburn in doubt.
In conclusion I want to say that I really like Tottenham Hotspurs as a club, I was delighted when they beat Chelsea in the Carling Cup Final. I have nothing against Tottenham at all, I just want to give the viewpoint of a supporter of another club. I wish Tottenham lots of luck for the coming season.
Thanks