Originally Posted by united.7

1) You are talking about players that play for other "big" clubs, who are not available. I dont disagree that some are probably better all round players than him, but none are as intelligent, and none are as available.

2) Rooney throws his shirt at the bench, Ronaldo wasnt happy when he got taken off after spanking you lot, big players dont like losing. Fergie is a master of the egotistical footballer, there is nobody who has the experience he has with footballers. Ramos has done pretty well with Berbatov considering they dont speak the same language. He has always come across as quite reserved in interviews that i have heard, and thats what i would base my judgement on, not his occasionally "sluggish" style or attitude.

3) Tottenham know they will be selling him this summer, he has been respectful and not thrown strops about a transfer. They have to accept that it is his time, and they will. He is 27, so Spurs will not get a fee of 30 million, nobody bar Chelsea and maybe Real Madrid would pay that, and they will probably be in for other targets ie Eto'o. Madrid have changed philosophy's and seem to be investing in youth as opposed to older players, they probably wont pay big big money like you are talking.

4) Nobody would expect Berbatov to last ten years, 7 or 8 years, which would be the best of his career would be good value for money considering what he would (arguably) bring to the team. Benzema is not really an option considering his resistance to a move to us, Berbatov his though, will Fergie want to settle for anything less (somebody outside of these two) in possibly his last 5 years (if that) as manager? I think not.