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“But United are at the top. Where can you go from there? Only down. Maybe Barcelona.
Silk and steel: Dimitar Berbatov desperate for Manchester United fans to give him a fair chance
Very good interview.. People can cry all they want about his style, but thats what makes him special. Remember his Cantonaesque quote saying "I play to entertain". Thats what Berba is all about. Flair, silky touches, superb vision and some superb moves..
David Gill's full interview
Very good interview.. People can cry all they want about his style, but thats what makes him special. Remember his Cantonaesque quote saying "I play to entertain". Thats what Berba is all about. Flair, silky touches, superb vision and some superb moves..
David Gill's full interview
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on the tour
"It's gone very well, both sides of equation, on field perforrmances have been good, two big games coming up, so that's been very good, off the field it's been fantastic, great crowds, milling round the hotels, not just in the stadiums this year, the commercial aspects of the tour have gone very well. Speaking to Sir Alex and Mike Phelan they are very pleased therefore we should be pleased, very happy with it."
on the crowds
"It seems to be changing, just wandering around Seattle, you see a lot of the fans, both in Sounders shirts but also in United shirts, seen outside the hotels and that's a first, waiting for the players to come back from training, waiting for players to leave for the game, again that interest is a notable change even from last year. It demonstrates what we're doing in America, but also how football is developing itself."
how important is the US to United commercially
"You are right, lots of sponsors. We have got DHL as the tour sponsor, AON at their hq out of Chicago, Nike, so involving them has been very good and what we have managed to do is have certain clients for commercial programmes, divided up the players and made sure that the sponsors get what they need but the players and management get what they need in terms of preperation for the season so that's worked very well. It's a very big market, we went down to Portland and Nike put on an excellent visit for us down there with open training and they'd decorated some of their buildings, and showed the benefit which resonates with the Nike employers because the last time we were there in 2003. Similarly AON, put on a lot of events on in Chicago in their HQ. So I think it is important and all the world is very important to Manchester but America at the moment is particularly important."
Q.the fans have been asking when Hernandez is arriving, can't believe how big he is here, in the last year can you believe what an amazing signing it has been
"Who would have thought. You are right, this time last year he joined up with us, played the game against Chivas in Mexico and has gone from strength to strength, he'll be the first to admit that. Hopefully he'll have another great season, sure he will, continue to develop, and that's what we're about Manchester United, exciting young players, showing the world what they can do on the field and he's done that in spades, coupled with the fact that he's extremely good off the field, that smile, etc, resonates with people and people like goalscorers, don't they, they always like a nice good goalscorer and some of the goals he has scored I can fully understand that interest and desire to see him."
Q. Chris Smalling signed and after a year signed another contract, would that happen with Hernandez, to pin him down for longer?
"Without doubt. I'm not going into specifics with Chris' contract but there was a requirement to sit with Chris. he had an excellent first year, probably played slightly more games than we anticipated, shown that he is a young player with great promise and we look forward to that development and certainly we put Chicarito in that category and what we have done at United ever since the early 90s is make sure we look at players contracts on a regular basis, upgrade as necessary and secure those players for long-term, that's what we are about."
Q. I guess you always knew it was going to be a busy summer transfer wise, people retiring and leaving, you've signed 3, 5 have gone if you count Gary Neville, was this a summer you were playing for a while, did you always know it was going to be a busy one.
"Yeah, we thought that. Edwin made it known to the club that last season would be his last season so we planned for the goalkeeper well in advance, we were looking for a while there and the others, again, they were opportunities that came along so we were COMFORTABLE with that, so we've made three singings, obviously great players like John O'Shea and Wes Brown have done great service for the club and they have moved on, so we're looking to do that, we were looking at one more player to bring in. Nothing is happening, nothing imminent on that at the moment but we will see what happens when we get home and obviously 31 days of the transfer window to see if anything develops. But I'm not working on anything at the moment in that respect."
Q. Do you think if you do end up getting anybody it may be a late one?
"Yeah, possibly, we have been looking at a particular position, 2 or 3 players in that position, but there's nothing imminent at the moment and I think the important point to understand and Alex is clearly the key decision maker here, we need someone who is going to improve the quality of the squad, we have got a great squad, to get into squad you have got to be a world class player so there's no point if you can't get the players you want, just buying someone for the sake of buying someone, and that's the policy we will follow. You never know, there is often movement in August. I'm not sitting here saying that I'm working on anything specific because I'm not but that situation could change quickly as we get back to base Carrington, and see how the siutation with the season being imminent, things change pretty quickly in football."
Q. The manager has been talking about signing trying to sign a replacement for Paul Scholes, but that it's very difficult to replace one of the all time greats
"Fantastic player, many, many appearances, got his testimonial 5th August, sell out crowd for that to reflect what he's done for us, you're right it is difficult but we've done interviews over the years, and people talk about replacing Roy Keane and we didn't, the actual technical people will say perhaps we changed the style of play or do things differently so it's not easy and there's only a few players in the world who could possibly do that for us and if they are not available, we can't get them."
Q. How important is the age of players? Bringing in young players recently?
"We've always been a club with Alex and Sir Matt many years ago, who gave youth a chance and that's something clearly we'd love to do. We believe if we can get some of the best young players in the world they will definitely improve at United, and when a player comes to hopefully understand what a great club it is and they are willing to commit most of their career to us and we have had that over the years so yes we would like to, we are very COMFORTABLE in investing significant money into players of a certain age because ultimately we are going to get many many years out of them and that's what we want. You are right, if you look around the squad, watching training on this tour, you see the age has come down quite significantly and I think we have got a great balance now, of youth and experience which will stand us in good stead for the coming seasons, not just one season but seasons."
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[TD="class: alt1"]David Gill transcript on MUTV tonight on 2/3 transfer targets but nothing specific being worked on now
on the tour
"It's gone very well, both sides of equation, on field perforrmances have been good, two big games coming up, so that's been very good, off the field it's been fantastic, great crowds, milling round the hotels, not just in the stadiums this year, the commercial aspects of the tour have gone very well. Speaking to Sir Alex and Mike Phelan they are very pleased therefore we should be pleased, very happy with it."
on the crowds
"It seems to be changing, just wandering around Seattle, you see a lot of the fans, both in Sounders shirts but also in United shirts, seen outside the hotels and that's a first, waiting for the players to come back from training, waiting for players to leave for the game, again that interest is a notable change even from last year. It demonstrates what we're doing in America, but also how football is developing itself."
how important is the US to United commercially
"You are right, lots of sponsors. We have got DHL as the tour sponsor, AON at their hq out of Chicago, Nike, so involving them has been very good and what we have managed to do is have certain clients for commercial programmes, divided up the players and made sure that the sponsors get what they need but the players and management get what they need in terms of preperation for the season so that's worked very well. It's a very big market, we went down to Portland and Nike put on an excellent visit for us down there with open training and they'd decorated some of their buildings, and showed the benefit which resonates with the Nike employers because the last time we were there in 2003. Similarly AON, put on a lot of events on in Chicago in their HQ. So I think it is important and all the world is very important to Manchester but America at the moment is particularly important."
Q.the fans have been asking when Hernandez is arriving, can't believe how big he is here, in the last year can you believe what an amazing signing it has been
"Who would have thought. You are right, this time last year he joined up with us, played the game against Chivas in Mexico and has gone from strength to strength, he'll be the first to admit that. Hopefully he'll have another great season, sure he will, continue to develop, and that's what we're about Manchester United, exciting young players, showing the world what they can do on the field and he's done that in spades, coupled with the fact that he's extremely good off the field, that smile, etc, resonates with people and people like goalscorers, don't they, they always like a nice good goalscorer and some of the goals he has scored I can fully understand that interest and desire to see him."
Q. Chris Smalling signed and after a year signed another contract, would that happen with Hernandez, to pin him down for longer?
"Without doubt. I'm not going into specifics with Chris' contract but there was a requirement to sit with Chris. he had an excellent first year, probably played slightly more games than we anticipated, shown that he is a young player with great promise and we look forward to that development and certainly we put Chicarito in that category and what we have done at United ever since the early 90s is make sure we look at players contracts on a regular basis, upgrade as necessary and secure those players for long-term, that's what we are about."
Q. I guess you always knew it was going to be a busy summer transfer wise, people retiring and leaving, you've signed 3, 5 have gone if you count Gary Neville, was this a summer you were playing for a while, did you always know it was going to be a busy one.
"Yeah, we thought that. Edwin made it known to the club that last season would be his last season so we planned for the goalkeeper well in advance, we were looking for a while there and the others, again, they were opportunities that came along so we were COMFORTABLE with that, so we've made three singings, obviously great players like John O'Shea and Wes Brown have done great service for the club and they have moved on, so we're looking to do that, we were looking at one more player to bring in. Nothing is happening, nothing imminent on that at the moment but we will see what happens when we get home and obviously 31 days of the transfer window to see if anything develops. But I'm not working on anything at the moment in that respect."
Q. Do you think if you do end up getting anybody it may be a late one?
"Yeah, possibly, we have been looking at a particular position, 2 or 3 players in that position, but there's nothing imminent at the moment and I think the important point to understand and Alex is clearly the key decision maker here, we need someone who is going to improve the quality of the squad, we have got a great squad, to get into squad you have got to be a world class player so there's no point if you can't get the players you want, just buying someone for the sake of buying someone, and that's the policy we will follow. You never know, there is often movement in August. I'm not sitting here saying that I'm working on anything specific because I'm not but that situation could change quickly as we get back to base Carrington, and see how the siutation with the season being imminent, things change pretty quickly in football."
Q. The manager has been talking about signing trying to sign a replacement for Paul Scholes, but that it's very difficult to replace one of the all time greats
"Fantastic player, many, many appearances, got his testimonial 5th August, sell out crowd for that to reflect what he's done for us, you're right it is difficult but we've done interviews over the years, and people talk about replacing Roy Keane and we didn't, the actual technical people will say perhaps we changed the style of play or do things differently so it's not easy and there's only a few players in the world who could possibly do that for us and if they are not available, we can't get them."
Q. How important is the age of players? Bringing in young players recently?
"We've always been a club with Alex and Sir Matt many years ago, who gave youth a chance and that's something clearly we'd love to do. We believe if we can get some of the best young players in the world they will definitely improve at United, and when a player comes to hopefully understand what a great club it is and they are willing to commit most of their career to us and we have had that over the years so yes we would like to, we are very COMFORTABLE in investing significant money into players of a certain age because ultimately we are going to get many many years out of them and that's what we want. You are right, if you look around the squad, watching training on this tour, you see the age has come down quite significantly and I think we have got a great balance now, of youth and experience which will stand us in good stead for the coming seasons, not just one season but seasons."
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yeah it will be a step down if he goes to Barcelona for sure... I mean they could not even touch the ball against you guys
yeah it will be a step down if he goes to Barcelona for sure... I mean they could not even touch the ball against you guys
Go troll somewhere else
yeah it will be a step down if he goes to Barcelona for sure... I mean they could not even touch the ball against you guys
If you can read properly, he said only Barca is not a step down.
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Community Shield ticket arrived in the post today, season is nearly upon us now.. getting very excited indeed.
jeez people cant take a joke nowadays... even if it was a pretty bad one at that
jeez people cant take a joke nowadays... even if it was a pretty bad one at that
Alcaraz, if you had posted what Berbatov said then would have taken it.
He said only moving to barca is not a step down but you misread it (I guess) and though even move to Barca is a step down..
misread it but honestly there was no need to get all defensive either.....
Why shouldn't we.. You are just posting something which Berba didn't even tell.. So we are not even getting defensive.. We are just correcting you.. Maybe Mike dont have time too
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the kid probably still thinks he's signing for united
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so stockport are bidding to become a city in 2012, i guess city fans may be able to sing 'this city is ours' and believe it! 
Jake any comments on their performances against Crawley? (Tunnicliffe and Wootton)
Ajose scored a goal is all what I read.. Hopefully he will score few more in championship..
I didnt go to the game and haven't spoken to anyone who did. Reports in the local media suggest Wooton had a very poor game and Tunnicliffe wasn't mentioned at all, suggesting a steady, if unspectacular performance. Ajose played much better going by the reports.
Thanks, Wootton tweeted he played as a DM in the first game, any idea in which position he played?
Hopefully both of them get back to their best as I have so much hope for Tunnicliffe..