Now as a united supporter im definately not gona stand here and defend berbatov to the hills, coz i think he has alot to answer for in some of his displays in a united shirt, and agree, he hasnt quite showed he is £30M worth, (considering when we bought him we were also eyeing up a certain guy that is apparently hot property now called Edin Dzeko, but fergie was worried bout his lack of pace, and prob could of had him for less than £15m but hey ho)
At spurs berbatov was there best striker for years, since klinsmann left and maybe better than him, his goalscoring record was prolific at spurs, so fergie loses van nistelrooy, a strong player that is deadly around the box, didnt strayy very far from the box mind, and replaces him with another strong guy that was deadly in front of goal, with perhaps 1 of the best touches in world football that didnt stray far from the box, an old fashioned goal hanger basically, already with PL background too, seemed a good buy considering you had rooney that would cover every blade of grass on the pitch 3 times if you would let him, and ronaldo that could turn defence into attack in the blink of an eye, berbatov was the ideal poacher replacement for van nistelrooy, yet when he got to united he changed. He suddenly wanted to drop deep to collect the ball start attacks, be part of the build up play, at spurs he was there to finish, and mainly all he did.
His goal this season against blackburn where he started the move on the edge of the area, played a couple 1-2's with evra then sprayed a 50 yard pass with the outside of his boot to feet, then spr.... ok id love to say sprinted the 60 yards to the box but i cant, jogged the ground to get in the box to complete the move is gona be up there for goal of the season without a doubt, add to that a hat-trick against liverpool which included a delightful overhead kick, berbatov is by far not a flop, just a different type of player now than the reason we bought him from spurs, if we had an out n out goalscorer playing up front with him, somebody like benzema, milito the flicks and space berbatov can create would be amazing.