United - Berbatov Stays!

So, Burp-flop wants another season? What a joke, for 30.75 million. Sure, go on all you want about Sheva. But for one who's already adapted to the PL, who was supposed to be that "last piece of jigsaw" in the team- Definitely a flop. Sheva was a flop, yes. But he had the misfortune of playing really rarely, getting a constant cold shoulder from the manager and problems adaptng to a new league! Hell, atleast Sheva sold a LOT of shirts.. around 60% of his outrageous transfer fee was recovered merely by shirt sales and his commercial deals. He's no more in the top 10 transfers of all time, too- BurpFlop's 10th now, replaces Sheva. 30.75 million? Daniel Levy must be laughing his guts out. You could've moved for Benzema before Real Madrid.

berbatov will score 20 in prem next season. mark my words. would any of you get against it?????

No problem,he can still play a part,a bit more commitment on his side can still turn things around.I guess we should play him as a No.10 instead of leading the line.Give him the freedom to express himself.His creativity can still help us if we make him focus on that.Let him be a player who can link the midfield with our strikers,I really feel strongly about this,he has the tricks,vision,doesn't lose possession and has that bit of pace which can catch the defence out as we saw against Stoke and Sunderland.We can use him in a different way which can seriously be effective.

Id love him back at Spurs, hes exactly what we need upfront

Love the player, hate the fact that he has fueled the fire this season, still think he can bring a lot more to the team and next year I am sure he will be given more chances. And I agree with Tuscan, can't see many strikers wanting to play second fiddle to Rooney. And he isn't bad at all, just his price has given idiots a chance to rant.

I am for him scoring, period.

That said, if he goes about scoring 20+ goals next season, I'll have to eat my words. But the**** Burps is, retiring from his national team at his prime and all, I have complete faith that he'll fail again.

Sorry, that was a typo. I meant a Ronaldo-esque 30+!

I think its funny that to not be considered a flop Berbatov now has to score a similar amount to the best strikers to have ever played in the premier league. I know you're probably going to say that a £30m striker should be able to but lets be honest - we were forced to over pay. Berba came with a large price tag, but it clearly wasnt a tag which represented his talent. It was a tag which represented the fact that tottenham didnt want to sell him, city inflated the price by bidding on him first and after selling us carrick against their will - spurs really wanted to punish us for taking their best player two years running. Shevchenkos price was probably about right for a player considered to be amongst the worlds best strikers at the time.

hardcore_spurs - Im not sure if you've read all the comments but just in case you didnt, I'll just point out a few things to you. It was JT_daniel that bought up Shevchenko in the VERY FIRST comment on the article. It was also JT_Daniel who brought up the price of the two players.

I completely agree with your reasoning over why Berba is considered a flop this season. In fact, if you read my first comment on the article those were the exact points I was making. He hasnt had a terrible season in terms of goals to games, but when it counted he let us down badly. I only attempted to make two main points - firstly his price tag is not enough to make him a flop, as it was never really a representation of his talent for the reasons I stated above (he is a flop this year for the reasons you listed). Secondly, whilst I would happily see him replaced by a striker more suited to our style - I have not written him off to the point where I dont think he can contribute in the future. He scored the same number of goals in the league this year as he did in his first season at spurs where everyone said he was great. Though, I am disappointed that he hasnt yet stepped up to the level I hoped he could - I think its laughable for JT_daniel to be so giddy over how apparently terrible berba has been when in fact - he's really no worse than he has ever been. He has achieved similar results given less playing time in a team that is setup for a style which directly conflicts his own. I think its therefore a bit harsh to categorise him as being more of a flop than shevchenko. Whilst berbas crime is that he hasnt improved to the level people expected - he hasnt gotten worse. Shevchenko on the other hand got a lot worse - and as true as your points about his circumstances at chelsea are - he didnt get any better once he left - meaning he was permanently ruined.

So from the point of view of winding up chelsea fans (and lets face it thats what we're all here for - the banter) its funny to tell them that either AC Milan took £30m off them for a dud - or - they took one of the worlds best strikers for a reasonable price and made him into a dud.

To me, thats not as funny as saying united paid over odds for a striker who hasnt improved as hoped, but has essentially performed at a level consistent with his previous form.

That didn't wind me up, Tuscan. I already did accept Sheva was a disaster. But to take a freescoring striker and put him in another team for a huge 30.8 million, in he same league- And watch him flounder like a headless chicken- The very same BurpFlop who rednose lost faith in when he started selecting a half fit rooney over him. The very same burpflop who's not delivered at all in the big games and in situations wehre you needed goals. Lazy, laidback- A poor man's ibramovic and just like him, a flop.

He hasn't been as good as he thought he could be i guess, at least not since he has been here...

As I said JT this freescoring berbatov you refer to at spurs has scored the same number of league goals in less minutes at United - so your assertion that he is any worse is factually incorrect. He just hasnt lived up to peoples aspirations for him - which in fairness, he has no control over. I think your attitude to him is typical of most. Saying he has to have a ronaldo-esque season to not be considered a flop is just further evidence of the unrealistic expectations people have placed on him since he joined United.

Red boy, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Berbatov is a great player that doesn't fit into your system and is therefore wasted. Think the same thing happened with Tevez - he's got the free role he wanted at City and is banging them in for fun. I think if Taggart was a bit less stubborn and adapted the system you play to fit Berbatov more, then you'd see the superstar you thought you were buying. Good thing taggart is too stubborn eh? ;)