At the beginning of last season, Manchester United left it until the last day of the August transfer window to secure the signature of Dimitar Berbatov. They eventually secured the Bulgarian for the princely sum of £30.75 million, although the 29-year-old has continually struggled to live up to his expensive price tag, with Sir Alex Ferguson currently playing a formation which doesn’t accommodate the forward. There are now rumours that Berbatov will seek the exit door at Old Trafford at the end of the season.
Indeed, it’s possible that Sir Alex Ferguson has lost patience with a player that has the unfortunate knack of looking as though he’s strolling around the pitch at times. Berbatov was part of the starting XI that lost to Leeds in the FA Cup at the start of the year and has subsequently only lined up against Portsmouth and Burnley at home. With the manager favouring a 4-5-1 formation and with Wayne Rooney prospering so much as the lone forward, is there a future for a player who is an expensive commodity to be warming the bench every week?
It’s strange to think that Manchester United are going so well in the Premier League, considering that Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez have left, while Berbatov is featuring so sporadically for the Red Devils. Will Fergie need to call on the former Spurs striker as we approach the business end of the season?
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